Voters Dislike Nasty Campaigns
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Near the end of a long presidential campaign, the question in this hard-fought state is becoming more familiar: Which candidate do you like? And the reply of 62-year-old independent voter Joy Handyside is perhaps all-too-common.
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By most accounts President Bush is almost universally disliked, even reviled, around the world. Seven out of 10 French citizens would vote against him if they could.
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Resentment has been building at how presidential elections have become gold mines for media consultants.
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A record low primary turnout and voter disgust for politics could spell trouble for Republicans trying to keep control of the House and Senate.
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A bitter campaign marked by predictions of vote fraud culminates in an election that all Western observers call seriously flawed.
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Disappointing policy results and peaking public disgust in his private life are behind a plunge in the president's approval ratings
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WASHINGTON - In an election where most voters have already chosen sides, the presidency could be decided by a small slice of America in the mushy middle - wavering voters who are more likely than others to question President Bush's honesty and think the war in Iraq was a mistake.    An Associated Press study of 1,329 "persuadable" voters, conducted by Knowledge Networks in advance of the presidential debates, suggests these people are deeply conflicted about change in the White House...
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So much for putting a stop to all those negative outside ads in this presidential election.
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Virginia car-service driver Cecil Rust glances at the rearview mirror and asked his passenger, "Why is politics so mean now?" Halfway across the country, Angela Warren of St. Louis says she will skip her first presidential election out of disgust &#151; "There's so much hate."
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In four southern states that voted solidly for President Bush, voters are unhappy with both presidential fields.
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A New Hampshire paperâs anti-endorsement called the candidate a âphony.â
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John Kerryâs campaign accused Republicans of trying to frighten voters about a terrorist attack being more likely if the Democrat is elected.
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Many voters said that the presidential candidates had disappointingly vague approaches to the problem of rising gas and oil prices.
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For all the policy blueprints churned out by presidential campaigns, there is this indisputable fact: People care less about issues than they do about a candidate's character.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va., Sept. 28 -- Spend nine days traveling through one of this year's most contested political regions and there is no mistaking the mood of voters: They are angry.
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The campaign for Colorado's open Senate seat has quickly turned ugly since last month's primary, with TV attack ads focusing on an unusual issue for both Republican Peter Coors and Democrat Ken Salazar: the environment.
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âThe most compelling aspect of these polls is that the voters are not embracing the president so much as they are turning away from Kerry.