ってことで、昨日は米大統領予備選挙で山場となる Super Tuesday の日。
この結果については、どうともコメントしづらいのだが・・・。
・Clinton and McCain win in California（2008年2月6日 IHT.com;1ページ目）
今回の予備選挙に参加した人が、何の問題を重視して選挙に参加したかについて読んでみる。
この記事だと共和党側の予備選挙に参加した人の見解がメインだが・・・。
以下、長くなるけど IHT の記事から引用しておく。
ちなみに、調査自体は別の調査会社が行ったものなので注意。
---- 以下引用 ----
（中略）
On a day when the stock market experienced its worst day in nearly a year, about 4 in 10 Republican primary voters cited the economy as the most important issue facing the nation in surveys of voters leaving the polls.
That made it the top issue everywhere except for two states along the Mexican border, Arizona and California, where it vied with illegal immigration as most important.
Voters who said they were most concerned about the economy, the Iraq war or terrorism were more likely to favor McCain, the surveys found.
But those who called immigration the most important issue were more likely to favor Romney, who has assailed McCain's support last spring for a failed immigration bill that many Republicans said amounted to amnesty.
（ここから2ページ目）
The voter surveys showed a stark ideological divide among Republican voters.
While Romney did better among conservatives in almost every state, McCain did best among moderates.
McCain has campaigned in recent weeks with Republican moderates like Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California and independents like Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, and he has been criticized in recent days by conservative talk radio hosts, like Rush Limbaugh, who have proclaimed him not conservative enough.
Romney did best among those who said they were looking for a candidate who shared their values, while McCain did best among voters who said they wanted a candidate who says what he believes.
In Georgia, Tennessee and Missouri, half or more of the Republican primary voters described themselves as evangelical or born-again Christians, and in those states Huckabee, a former Baptist preacher, got about 4 in 10 of their votes.
In a number of states he split conservative and religious voters with Romney.
The voter surveys also showed that McCain was backed by those who said they were looking for an experienced candidate, and those who want a candidate who can win in November.
And voters were more likely to say that McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam who has made the Iraq war his central issue, was most qualified to be commander in chief.
（以下略）
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州ごとにどの問題を気にして投票したかが違うってのが、米ならではってか（違）。
ただ、この記事で取り上げた州では、国内問題を一番重視してる模様・・・。
良いんだか悪いんだか。
今回の米大統領予備選挙では、国内問題が大きく取り上げられてるんだよね。
実際、米の社会保障制度とかは相当ガタが来てるらしいし。
そもそも、米自体、世界に影響力を及ぼす国の一方で、世界の中にある一国家という面も持つし。
その意味だと、米大統領選挙で国内問題が大きく扱われるのは仕方ないんだよな。
いくら国外で威張っていても、国内がボロボロになったら意味が無いしね。
（日本の場合、国政選挙では殆ど国内問題が中心になるが）
もっとも、米大統領選挙に立候補してる人達の間にも、公約が良く似ている問題があるらしいが。
これについて一回は扱いたいところだが・・・まだ予備選挙段階だしな～。
この結果については、どうともコメントしづらいのだが・・・。
・Clinton and McCain win in California（2008年2月6日 IHT.com;1ページ目）
今回の予備選挙に参加した人が、何の問題を重視して選挙に参加したかについて読んでみる。
この記事だと共和党側の予備選挙に参加した人の見解がメインだが・・・。
以下、長くなるけど IHT の記事から引用しておく。
ちなみに、調査自体は別の調査会社が行ったものなので注意。
---- 以下引用 ----
（中略）
On a day when the stock market experienced its worst day in nearly a year, about 4 in 10 Republican primary voters cited the economy as the most important issue facing the nation in surveys of voters leaving the polls.
That made it the top issue everywhere except for two states along the Mexican border, Arizona and California, where it vied with illegal immigration as most important.
Voters who said they were most concerned about the economy, the Iraq war or terrorism were more likely to favor McCain, the surveys found.
But those who called immigration the most important issue were more likely to favor Romney, who has assailed McCain's support last spring for a failed immigration bill that many Republicans said amounted to amnesty.
（ここから2ページ目）
The voter surveys showed a stark ideological divide among Republican voters.
While Romney did better among conservatives in almost every state, McCain did best among moderates.
McCain has campaigned in recent weeks with Republican moderates like Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California and independents like Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, and he has been criticized in recent days by conservative talk radio hosts, like Rush Limbaugh, who have proclaimed him not conservative enough.
Romney did best among those who said they were looking for a candidate who shared their values, while McCain did best among voters who said they wanted a candidate who says what he believes.
In Georgia, Tennessee and Missouri, half or more of the Republican primary voters described themselves as evangelical or born-again Christians, and in those states Huckabee, a former Baptist preacher, got about 4 in 10 of their votes.
In a number of states he split conservative and religious voters with Romney.
The voter surveys also showed that McCain was backed by those who said they were looking for an experienced candidate, and those who want a candidate who can win in November.
And voters were more likely to say that McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam who has made the Iraq war his central issue, was most qualified to be commander in chief.
（以下略）
---- 引用以上 ----
州ごとにどの問題を気にして投票したかが違うってのが、米ならではってか（違）。
ただ、この記事で取り上げた州では、国内問題を一番重視してる模様・・・。
良いんだか悪いんだか。
今回の米大統領予備選挙では、国内問題が大きく取り上げられてるんだよね。
実際、米の社会保障制度とかは相当ガタが来てるらしいし。
そもそも、米自体、世界に影響力を及ぼす国の一方で、世界の中にある一国家という面も持つし。
その意味だと、米大統領選挙で国内問題が大きく扱われるのは仕方ないんだよな。
いくら国外で威張っていても、国内がボロボロになったら意味が無いしね。
（日本の場合、国政選挙では殆ど国内問題が中心になるが）
もっとも、米大統領選挙に立候補してる人達の間にも、公約が良く似ている問題があるらしいが。
これについて一回は扱いたいところだが・・・まだ予備選挙段階だしな～。
