>Stephen E Philion wrote:
> >
> > jon asked:
> > Why not resist the occupation forces by non-cooperation? There seems to
> > be quite a bit of that going on as it is, but if, say 90%, of Iraqis
>
>This is simply bizarre. Nothing _ever_ has 90% support.
Vice-President Gore's share of the black vote was 90 percent in 2000, up from President Clinton's 84 percent in 1996. Governor Bush's eight percent of the black vote was less than Senator Bob Dole's 12 percent in 1996. Ralph Nader received one percent of the black vote, considerably less than the four percent Ross Perot received in 1996.
(Pretty fascinating, btw, Nader can't even pull in as much as Ross Perot!)
All segments among black voters gave Gore similar levels of support, except when distinguished by gender. Black women gave Gore a higher level of support (94 percent) than black men (85 percent). Since black women were also a larger share of the electorate (six percent) than black men (four percent), their greater support for Gore meant that their contribution to Gore's total vote (11.8 percent of the national total) was significantly higher than black men's contribution (7.1 percent) (see Table 3).
http://www.jointcenter.org/selpaper/pdffiles/blackvot/2000/analysis_00.pdf
Kelley