>Equally, if not more amazing is the perceived mobility; those
>perceiving themselves as upwardly mobile voted Gore, those who were
>downwardly mobile or stuck in the same position voted Bush.
>Interestingly, downwardly mobile also voted for Nader more frequently
>than those upwardly mobile (4 vs 2%).
>
>The implication of it is that downwardly mobile people tend to espouse
>fascist/reactionary tendencies, which explains their vote for Bush.
>Only the disgruntled downwardly mobile lefties may vote for a lefty
>alternative to the Democratic party, but since they such a pathetic
>minority - they are a mere noise in the system, but sometimes can be a
>spoiler.
It's also possible that people have a partisan evaluation of the economy - in 2000, Dems perceived it as good and getting better, and so voted for Gore, and Reps vice versa.
Doug