election demographics

[Nancy Bauer/Dennis Perrin]

What makes you think that the projected 5% belongs to Gore? I'm among that
group, and if Nader weren't running, I wouldn't vote for president (but
would for local candidates). The Dems have you thinking in authoritarian
terms, i.e., that every vote to the left of Bush is automatically theirs.
Still, it won't matter. Once Gore goes down (if indeed he does), Brad will
blame Nader, as will most of the weeping Dems. That Gore ran one of the
worst campaigns since Dukakis will receive slight attention. Jesus, the guy
kept Clinton on the bench till the final minute! I despise Clinton to the
core, but in corporate election terms, he is a brilliant campaigner, the
true heir to Reagan. As Otter said to Flounder in "Animal House," so should
Brad say to Gore: "You fucked up!"

DP

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>From: Brad DeLong <delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU>
>To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>Subject: Re: election demographics
>Date: Mon, Nov 6, 2000, 6:47 PM
>


>>The rest of the demographic breakdown in the final pre-election poll 
>>is at <http://www.gallup.com/poll/releases/pr001106b.asp>.
>>
>>                              Gore      Bush     Nader
>>
>>total                         43        47         5
>>
>
>My God! He's actually gonna do it! He's going to do to Gore what 
>Buchanan and Perot did to Bush the First in 1992!
>
>
>Brad DeLong