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Sunday, Aug. 29, 2004 10:29 a.m. EDT
Even New Yorkers Would Rather Have a Beer With Bush
Results of the "Bass Beer People in the Pub" Poll, taken in several New York City pubs on the verge of the Republican National Convention, are in.
Bass visited five pubs – traditional places for political discourse – to see what New Yorkers are thinking about the candidates, the issues and the election as the Republican National Convention approaches.
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The 223 respondents, 39.9 percent of which identified themselves as Democrats, 30.9 percent as Republicans, 19.3 percent as unaffiliated, 3.6 percent as not registered, and just less than 1 percent as Sacramento girlie-men, said this about the upcoming elections and political figures:
Forty three percent would rather have a beer with President Bush,
compared with 25.1 percent with John Kerry. John Edwards ranked third,
with 16.6 percent of the votes. Dick Cheney will be crying in his beer,
with only 6.7 percent of the respondents selecting him as a bar buddy.
(Note: this is a significant departure from the results of the Bass
People in the Pub Poll taken in Boston on the eve of the Democratic
National Convention, where John Edwards topped the list with 29
percent, followed by President Bush with 27.5 percent.)
When asked about the candidates' wives, Laura Bush was the favorite
choice, with 42.2 percent saying that they would prefer to have a beer
with her. Teresa Heinz Kerry came in second with 29.6 percent of the
vote, Elizabeth Edwards third with 14.8 percent, and last was Lynne
Cheney, with 7.6 percent of the vote. (Note: Teresa Heinz Kerry won
this by a landslide in Boston).
When asked which candidate would you rather be in a foxhole with, 37.7
percent of the respondents picked John Kerry, 29.1 percent picked Bush,
12.1 percent said John Edwards, 8.1 percent tapped Cheney and,
interestingly, 13 percent said none of them!
If you could pick a candidate to be the bartender at your local pub,
who would you select? Bush won hands-down with 39.9 percent of the
vote, with Kerry coming in second with 26 percent, John Edwards third
with 15.2 percent, and Dick Cheney last with 11.2 percent.
Teresa Heinz Kerry's feisty reputation after her "Shove it" remark
continues. With 28.3 percent of the vote, Heinz Kerry topped the
combined list of candidates and their spouses as the person who would
make the best bouncer at a trendy New York Meat Packing district club.
Coming in second was Dick Cheney with 20.2 percent of the vote, and
third was George Bush with 17.9 percent (followed by Laura Bush with
8.1 percent).
Donald, "You're fired!" Bill Clinton topped the list of dream bosses on
"The Apprentice," taking 26 percent of the vote as the boss people would
most like to work for. John Kerry took second place with 17.9 percent,
George Bush third with 13.9 percent, and John McCain and Ralph Nader
tying for fourth, each with 8.5 percent of the vote.
And if the election were held today in New York pubs, John Kerry and
John Edwards would declare victory with 44.4 percent of the vote (vs.
Bush/Cheney with 34.1 percent).
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