This is my experience, that the Republican support is remarkably soft, with some folks saying they'll have to vote for a Democrat for the first time ever. (And the new Bush bumper stickers, new to me, simply say "W", omitting Cheney.)

By Hugh Sykes BBC, United States

"Bush risks alienating his natural constituency"

"The US presidential candidates have been arguing about it. The American media talk constantly about it. And the opinion polls have been asking voters about it.

"But just how much will the war in Iraq affect the November elections? Hugh Sykes found evidence that, with mounting US casualties, the answer could be "quite a lot".

Arf