[lbo-talk] Myth Making on Schwarzenegger's victory

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Oct 13 07:01:27 PDT 2003


Gregory Geboski wrote:


>The exit poll data don't show breakdowns for candidates by sex, only
>for the recall. And if the party affiliation data were broken
>out--well, I suspect that you would see a large gender gap in the
>Gropenfuhrer vote.

The link that Michael Pug sent to the Wash Post's exit poll page (duplicating one I sent several days ago) was only for the recall. The LA Times has more detailed data on the recall, the top three candidates, and the propositions at <http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pagea26topper9oct09155420,1,1325715.story>. Some highlights:

recall

% of ------------

voters yes no Arnie Busta McClint

Whites 72 59 41 53 27 14 Blacks 6 21 79 18 65 8 Latinos 11 45 55 31 55 10 Asians 6 47 53 45 34 15 Men 49 59 41 52 29 12 Women 51 51 49 44 35 15 Union house 30 48 52 42 38 14 Nonunion house 70 58 42 51 29 13

There's lots more at the URL.

Doug



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