A third of U.S. women say the happiness in a presidential candidate’s marriage influences their vote. That sounds stupid enough, but lets look a little deeper.
Fifty-two percent of women said they thought Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth, had a happy marriage, while 43 percent viewed rival Democratic Sen. Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, as happy, the survey by the Ladies’ Home Journal said.
Only 29 percent of women thought Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, were happy. Even fewer, 12 percent, thought New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and his wife, Barbara, were happy.
Where are these voters getting the insight for determining the happiness in Bill Richardson’s marriage? I couldn’t spot his wife in a lineup, but random dumb asses polled for Ladies Homes Journal guess the Richardson’s marriage to be the most unhappy of the bunch?
I can kind of understand people guessing at the happiness levels in the Edwards and Clinton marriages. They’ve been publicly observable couples for some time. But, even then, can’t the Clinton’s have happiness in the amount of power they’ve wielded thanks to each other?
Bullshit polls like these have no business influencing the public.