AARP poll shows voters still undecided

The second AARP issue poll says many AARP members are still not settled in their candidate preference based on where the candidates in both parties stand on healthcare and financial security.

Among Democratic voters 63 percent are at least somewhat likely to change their candidate preference. The figure is higher among Republican voters where about three in four are at least somewhat likely to change their preference. Recent polling says the Republican primary is a three-candidate race with a large number of undecided voters. 

 

"There has been a slight reduction in likelihood of change in candidate preference," said Jane Wiley, AARP South Carolina state director, in a news release.  In the first survey released in August, 70 percent of potential Democratic and 81 percent of potential Republican voters said they were at least likely to change their preferences.

"This poll indicates that candidates still must do a better job of discussing these two critical domestic issues health care and financial security with

South Carolina

voters."

 

AARP's "United We Fail" campaign has put a spotlight on two issues important to voters 50 and older -- health care and financial security.

AARP polled 1,000 of its members who say they are likely to vote in the South Carolina presidential primaries.

More than 90 percent said financial security, which includes Social Security, incentives for savings and investment and pension protection will be important to their votes.

 

About 80 percent said health care was either somewhat or very important to them.

To read the election survey poll in full, go to

www.dividedwefail.org/polls.

Comments

[GW]

Here is one AARP member who has decided to support Barack Obama, who is the only candidate with a plan to end the tax on Social Security benefits for seniors earning less than $50,000. Prior to the golden age of "no taxes Reagan" there was no tax on Social Security income. But in his zeal to be fiscally conservative by driving up the National Debt, he instituted some "revenue enhancers" to cover his butt. Remember? So Obama's plan is to de-revenue enhance in favor of seniors. I hope he also eliminates another Reagan bright idea of taxing those people who have to survive on unemployment compensation when they lose their jobs.

[Spenser]

GW's comments are obviously false with no fact or comments to support such claims. One again, Rush has led you down the wrong path...but you were just too foolish or bigoted to realize it.

[GW]

What facts do you have, Spenser, to dispute what I have said? Reagan instituted a number of "revenue enhancers," to compensate for the misguided tax cuts that he made and are bally hoo'd by Republicans even today. What his revenue enhancers turned out to be were a new level of taxes that affected only the middle and low income people. The tax on social security benefits paid to seniors was begun in 1984. The tax on unemployment compensation received by laid off workers began in 1983. It is historical fact that Reagan drove up the National Dept to almost 4 trillion dollars before he left office.