McCain and Obama Largely Avoid Abortion, Gay Marriage
Social issues are largely out of the spotlight in the presidential election
Even after the expected advertising deluge begins, though, most analysts aren't sure social issues will resonate as much as they did in 2004, when exit polls famously found "moral values" to be many voters' top priority. "It's one thing to talk about issues like gay marriage or abortion when there aren't other pressing problems facing Americans," says Schaffner. "But when the economy's bad, people stop caring about issues like that and start worrying about where the next paycheck's coming from." The culture war may not be over, but so far, anyway, the real battles in this election are being fought in a different theater.
Reader Comments
where do the presidential nominees stand
I give up on both of them. the only reason I will vote is because it is a duty of a black american to do so.
gay
gay men are people just like the rest of us they just like other males. Just because they dont like women doesnt mean their hearts dont beat like the rest of ours, their lungs dont take air in the same, they dont release their waste the same, and their emotions are still there and im sure they dont feel good about themselves when everywhere they go people are criticizing them all the time. They arent hurting anybody? Let them be.
LEAVE THEM ALONE!!
sacrificing votes?
This article made me actually wonder about the integrity of our future president. The article states that the candidates of this year’s 2008 election have an opinion about social issues in this country that are very strong. However, this article made me aware that the future leaders do not express their opinions about these so called “touchy subjects”. After I watched another clip of the candidate’s debate I noticed this fact. As a sixteen year old enrolled in high school, I am now questioning the responsibility of the future president of the United States for years to come. I wondered why they couldn’t express their own opinions, and I realized that they are afraid of losing votes. Is this a quality that we want our president to withhold? Trying to be deceitful to try not to offend others is wrong and stupid. This is because no matter how a candidate answers a question on a social issue, someone will be upset or unhappy with the answer. However if they don’t answer, people get frustrated because they don’t know a lot about whom they are voting for. I believe that a president should be completely honest and confident in him or herself to say what they believe in openly.
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