Even though many voters opted to cede control of the U.S. House of Representatives to a party that champions liberal social policy, a survey of Tuesday’s voters found that most of them hold much more conservative views on key social issues than the people who are about to assume office.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Even though they seem to have disappeared from the radar screens of most professional pollsters, values voters, the voting block that handed George W. Bush the victory in 2004, may be poised to do the same for Sen. John McCain in 2008.
Even though many voters opted to cede control of the U.S. House of Representatives to a party that champions liberal social policy, a survey of Tuesday’s voters found that most of them hold much more conservative views on key social issues than the people who are about to assume office.
