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

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Oct 13 09:12:13 PDT 2003


Gregory Geboski wrote:


>Note that there was in fact a large gender gap on the Schwarzenegger
>vote. I am not convinced he would have been elected in a straight
>gubernatorial race. These results pinpoint the organizational skill
>of the Republicans, both in forcing the recall and in getting a
>disciplined vote out to the polls.

It was also a case of assymetrical passions: Davis was widely hated, but the only replacement who excited strong positive feelings was Arnie.

Doug



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