Article: `MORAL VALUES' RESPONSE STIRS DEBATE.(MAIN)

Byline: JIM RUTENBERG New York Times

Citing a major Election Day poll that found ``moral values'' ranked at the top of the list of issues that swayed the national electorate, some news organizations have portrayed matters like gay marriage and abortion as the sleeper factors of a campaign that was mostly fought over war, jobs, health care and terrorism.

Democrats have looked at the data as evidence that they desperately need to do a better job connecting with cultural traditionalists. Conservative groups have used the survey data to make a case that mainstream America agrees with the conservative agenda that Bush now has a mandate to act upon.

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