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Economy, culture wars vie for election spotlight
‘SWING VOTERS’
“The more free-market you are, the more you realize how little John McCain or Barack Obama or George Bush have to do with what’s going on in the economy,” Laperriere said.
Small business owners may vote Republican for lower taxes, while union members may trust Democrats will improve health care, he said. But swing voters — those in the middle who typically decide elections — are a different story.
“For the swing voter, the 15 percent of the public who changes their votes around, they’re going to look around, say ‘Things stink, it’s time to change and get these Republicans out’ and they may vote Democrat,” he said.
Undecided voter Michael Stegemoller, 22, is the sort of voter the Democrats are trying to reach. His biggest concerns?
“The way the economy is going, and gas prices,” he said during McCain’s appearance in Lebanon.
His wife Nicole Hogan is skeptical about McCain. “He’s for the upper-class people, isn’t he?” she said. Neither she nor her husband wants to be distracted by abortion, teenage pregnancy or other moral issues they believe should remain personal.
North Carolina State University religion professor Jason Bivins suspects many voters feel the same way.
“Maybe I’m an optimist, but I actually believe most voters are really sick of cultural divisiveness,” said Bivins, an Obama supporter whose book “Religion of Fear” explored the power of Christian conservatives in America. “I’m not convinced the economy is going to be sidelined.”
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