The poll also found that the dispute over Kerry's antiwar activism after the Vietnam War is having more of a negative effect on his candidacy than questions about Bush's National Guard service are having on his electability.

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Fonda was a financial backer of Vietnam Veterans Against the War and spoke at the rally in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, where Kerry made his first antiwar speech in September 1970.

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MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- With opinion polls showing more than 90 percent of Spaniards are against the war, Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar vowed his support of the war in Iraq would not lead to his ruling Popular Party being "cornered" by leftists and antiwar protesters.

CNN: Polls: 90 percent of Spaniards against war