gender gap (was Re: Scabs?)

Michael Eisenscher meisenscher at igc.apc.org
Tue May 26 15:22:28 PDT 1998


At 01:10 PM 5/26/98 -0400, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:


>In that respect, the US is more like Norway, women being more likely to
>vote Democratic than men. Some analysts see this gender gap not as a
>matter of political ideology (i.e. women are as conservative as men), but
>as a result of Republicans embracing the so-called "Southern mentality' -
>mainly pro gun, macho rhetoric which many women find repugnant.

Women in the U.S. are also more likely to vote for a union than are men. Same for African Americans and Latinos.

Michael E.



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