Still - Out of Touch

It never ceases to amaze me that so many Americans are so out of touch with reality.

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- More than four years after the
attacks of September 11, 2001, many U.S. adults still believe some of the
justifications for the invasion of Iraq, which have now been discredited,
according to a new Harris Poll. For example:

 -- Forty-one percent (41%) of U.S. adults believe that Saddam Hussein had
    "strong links to Al Qaeda."
 -- Twenty-two percent (22%) of adults believe that Saddam Hussein "helped
    plan and support the hijackers who attacked the United States on
    September 11."
 -- Twenty-six percent (26%) of adults believe that Iraq "had weapons of
    mass destruction when the U.S. invaded."
 -- Twenty-four percent (24%) of all adults believe that "several of the
    hijackers who attacked the United States on September 11 were Iraqis."

But on a more hopeful note;

ABC News/Washington Post Poll. Dec. 15-18, 2005. N=1,003 adults nationwide. Results below are among registered voters. Fieldwork by TNS.
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"If the election for the U.S. House of Representatives in November 2006 were being held today, would you vote for the Democratic candidate or the Republican candidate in your congressional district?" If other/unsure: "Would you lean toward the Democratic candidate or toward the Republican candidate?" Options rotated
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		Republican	Democrat	Neither/ Other (vol.)	Unsure	Won't Vote (vol.)
		%	%	%	%	%
	12/15-18/05	41	51	4	4	1

I'm guessing that the 41% who think 'Saddam had "strong links to Al Qaeda"' are the same 41% that would vote for a Republican candidate... what do you think?