riverman wrote:

My personal take on that is that this assessment is not entirely incorrect.
The only defense for how the right-wing voted that I have heard here, or
anywhere, is that the left wing has 'lost touch with America. (which, of
course, raises the question of our own nationality..) Not once have I heard
a right-wing voter tell me what the multitude of issues are that they have
lost touch WITH. They never support their vote with tangible analysis of
complex issues. Like the national debt. Like the environment...

Pax Christi (a religious NGO) undertook a survey asking voters what was
the most urgent moral crisis facing the country. Results:

33% greed and materialism
31% poverty and economic justice
16% abortion
12% gay marriage

Most media outlets focused on the 3rd and 4th place items, which were
outnumbered 65% by other issues. I read about it in a Noam Chomsky essay:
http://zmagsite.zmag.org/Jan2005/chomsky0105.html