American Political Intelligence
NAPP POSITION ANALYSIS
2004 Presidential
Election Year NAPP Position Analysis
1,031,077 Republican and Democratic
Voters Polled
Copyright September 1, 2004
3:30 AM CST
American Political Intelligence
Updated November 3, 2004 12:28
PM CST
Copyright November 3, 2004
12:28 PM CST
American
Political Intelligence
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2004 Presidential Election
Year NAPP Position Analysis (Issues Selected by the American People via the “2004 Presidential Election Year NAPP Poll”) |
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Top Issues |
Bush |
Kerry |
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Favors investing in new jobs, including jobs to rebuild schools,
roads, bridges, ports, and sewage, water, and environmental systems. |
Leader |
Follower |
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Looking for ways to extend unemployment benefits without
negatively impacting small business. |
Leader |
Follower |
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Has a well-developed, successful
anti-terrorist strategy. |
Leader |
Follower |
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Has a vigorous, public spiritual life. |
Leader |
Follower |
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Does not support abortion except in the
case of rape. |
Leader |
Follower |
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Supports the right of American citizens
to protect their homes with legal firearms. |
Leader |
Follower |
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Favors prudent increase in spending on schools. |
Leader |
Follower |
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Favors strengthening clean air and water
standards. |
Leader |
Follower |
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Favors strengthening civil rights and voting rights enforcement. |
Leader |
Follower |
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Favors individuals and employers NOT paying extra to insurance
companies. |
Leader |
Follower |
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Favors prudently working to reduce oil
dependence. |
Leader |
Follower |
American
Political Intelligence in conjunction with Instant Survey(tm), Inc.
has conducted a special “2004 Presidential Election Year NAPP Poll” (see the
regular, ongoing The
National Priorities Poll, which we are in the process of updating). The 2004 Presidential Election Year NAPP
Poll reveals that Americans are MOST concerned with the issues listed in the
position analysis table.
This table reveals where
President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry stand on the issues about which
Americans are most concerned. (There
are 26 additional issues not listed but, unlike President Bush, we have been
instructed that Senator Kerry takes no position on these other issues.)
In the interest of fairness, we
accept any and all challenges to this position analysis table. If any individual, group, or institution can
find any flaw whatsoever in this table, it is your responsibility to let
us know about it. So far, we have
addressed 136 challenges to this position analysis table without in any way
having to change the results displayed.
Position
Analysis Legend
Leader = 90% to 100% Supported by the
Candidate
Follower = 40% to 60% Supported by the
Candidate
Position
Analysis Formula
This position analysis was
performed using the Mandyne formula for analysis of political leadership
issues. In this case, the Mandyne
2.331.967 (subset xc.2.11.497) formula was utilized. This formula takes up several pages but it belongs to the
Standard Deviation and Arithmetic Mean formula families and is of the form:
where
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S.D. = an f(S.D.) = Standard Deviation using a 10-axes
referential frame |
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s = an f(s) = suspended series number
in the issue matrix |
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i = point number in series s |
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m = number of suspended series for point y in the issue chart |
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n = number of points in each issue
series |
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yis = data value of
series s and the ith point |
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ny = total number of data values in all issue series |
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M = an f(M) = arithmetic mean interpolated over time |