--- Chris Burford <cburford at gn.apc.org> wrote:
> Is it true that white males voted the large margin
> of 60% to 36% for Bush?
>
> What does this say about their concept of
> themselves. Is it something about
> their idea of Americanness?
Well, if the white males I work with every day are any indication, it has to do with their simplistic economic notions (and I do mean simplistic; it always astonishes me that people who are so hostile to taxation usually don't even know how the graduated tax brackets work) combined with a frightening racism that manifests itself as an obsession with "law and order".
Since most any political discussion I have at work consists of "me against the room", I'm actually surprised Gore even got that 35%. Once I get out beyond the SF-Berkeley oasis, I pretty much assume until proven otherwise that any random white guy I meet is a rabid right-winger. Economically, white women are usually the same, with maybe a bit more compassion mixed in. I think if it wasn't for abortion keeping the white women on their side, the Dems would be completly sunk.
And I'm in the most democratic state in the nation! Makes me shudder to think about places like Texas...
Jim Baird
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