Argentina Wants Kerry, Not Bush
In the upcoming United States presidential election, which candidate would you prefer to see win? Would that be George W. Bush of the Republican Party or John Kerry of the Democratic Party?
John Kerry (D) 43%
George W. Bush (R) 6%
No difference 25%
Don’t know 25%
See the full article here.
John Kerry (D) 43%
George W. Bush (R) 6%
No difference 25%
Don’t know 25%
See the full article here.
posted by carrie at 9/10/2004 06:16:00 a.m.
5 Comments:
A very unfair way to ask the question, I am sure you agree. Since in Argentina they do not have the same party system we do. As a Republic operating under democratic guidelines the questions make is sound as if one candidate, Kerry is for Democracy and the other, Bush is for a Republic. It would have been much better to simply name the candidates and ask if they had a preference. Makes for good propaganda though.
Well, I ran this one by my Argentine husband, and got an impassioned answer. I read the question as it was posted and told him the answers given. I also read your comment to him. He said that in his opinion, since the question was phrased so that each candidate was named and was identified as being the candidate for the "Republican Party" or "Democratic Party", the question was not unfair. He also said that the people questioned were probably answering based on the names and not a preference for a democratic government over a republic.
Keep in mind also that 50% of those who answered either didn't know between the two who they preferred or could give a rat's ass who governs the US. That's more than the people who preferred to see Kerry win.
One other thing to think about: if someone came to you and asked you to pick who you preferred of two candidates running for a political position in another country, how would you answer? Would you base your answer on who you've heard more about or whose platform may be closer to your ideology, or would you go through an analysis of what their political party name could stand for and which one sounds better to you?
Personally speaking, I'd go the route of the former. I'd probably be more inclined to choose the person with whom I'm familiar and whose platform coincides with my personal views.
But getting back to the article: does it really matter what Argentines think about the matter? They don't elect the President of the US.
But it's too bad they don't have a say in things with such a large portion choosing the right guy. :)
Haha. I agree with your last statement here....it is too bad they don't have a say.
I am not usually a voter, in fact, I have never voted in any election (in Canada or the U.S.), but I did register this year...I don't know what party I generally would agree with, there are things about each that make me happy....but right now, I absolutely do not agree with the war, and if I do make it out to vote for my first time ever, you can count on a vote against Bush. :)
Actually it depends on the country, government structure, and political parties. For example, one of the largest voting blocks in France in the Communist Party. I do not agree with the ideology of the party or how they operate in the world theatre, therefore even though I have liked a few of the candidates they have had I would never support one of them. I do care about what candidates are elected in other countries because of how they relate to the candidates in our country. The Republican Party and Bush Admin have been great supporters of the Argentina government and people. In the past the Democratic Party has pulled funding and military support from South American countries. They do however say a lot of nice things about them. Therefore, I would think that what the Argentina people think is somewhat important to me and to them. If they do not want the monetary and military support from the Government then we should stop and just provide political support.
I would never base my opinion on one item like the conflict in Iraq. Talk to most people and they can only spout what they have heard on the news or from candidates of their parties. What about other issues?
Of course, also consider that most other countries in the world follow world politics far more than we do here. In other words, they fully understand the situation in the United States, because we're the big one, and the situations we make affect their lives as well. Their percentages seem to reflect what they would be here if the media was truly fair.
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