Frank Luntz

Job 1? infrastructure

Pollster and communication specialist in LA Times, Jan 30, 09.

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I’m a pollster and political consultant associated with Republican causes: the Contract with America, the “death tax” and, of course, ending wasteful Washington spending. So why am I behind the new stimulus legislation – the biggest spending bill ever to be considered by Congress? Maybe because when it comes to some things – crumbling schools, overcrowded highways, an ineffective energy system, clean-water facilities that don’t clean water and trains and planes that are always late – we’re all on the same side.

Last month, I conducted a national survey of 800 registered voters on their attitudes toward infrastructure investment. The survey’s findings were unlike any other issue I have polled in more than a decade. Iraq, healthcare, taxes, education – they all predictably divide and polarize Americans into political camps. Not infrastructure.

Consider this: A near unanimous 94% of Americans are concerned about our nation’s infrastructure. And this concern cuts across all regions of the country and across urban, suburban and rural communities. Read more

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