... of Akron asserted that 58.5% of respondents believed the Iraq war to be justified with 46.3% and 53.6% aligning themselves as agreeing with Bush's opinions on abortion (pro-life) and gay marriage (traditional marriage), respectively. (Guth, Kellstedt, Smidt, and Green, page 234) Overall, the literature clearly expresses that those who were most passionate about religion flocked to George Bush ... attends religious services), "abort_rights " (the conditions under which a respondent feels that abortion should be allowed), "iraq_approve " (approval of Bush's handling of the Iraq war up to ...

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... labeled in the media than liberals "because journalists regard liberalism as normal and conservatism as deviant. Typically, Goldberg offered no research to confirm this observation. Put to the empirical test by Geoffrey Nunberg, a Stanford professor of linguistics and research scientist, Goldberg's assertions proved to be totally false as far as major newspapers are concerned. Using a database that includes the twenty ... conservatives."" To his surprise he found that the average liberal had "a better than 30 percent greater likelihood of being given a political label than the average c...

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