election demographics

Brad DeLong delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU
Wed Nov 8 12:50:27 PST 2000



>Max,
> At this point Gore is ahead by 200,000 in the
>popular vote but apparently set to lose the electoral
>college, with Nader votes in Florida and a few other
>places clearly making the difference.
> So, would a Naderized Gore have done better?
>

You have to doubt it. You would have to move pretty far left in order to pull in those 3% that are Nader voters. And in the process you lose people in the center who think they don't like Democrats who engage in "class war."

The DLC people this morning are saying: "See, see how weak Nader turned out to be. If Gore had snuggled right a bit more he'd have won with a substantial majority...

Brad DeLong



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