[lbo-talk] Black women and Nader

Michael Pugliese michael098762001 at earthlink.net
Fri Sep 24 07:58:59 PDT 2004


http://www.jointcenter.org/selpaper/pdffiles/blackvot/2000/analysis_00.pdf


> ...Partisan Voting
The Democratic share of the black vote in 2000 increased from its already high level in 1996. 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. 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). In the states where most African Americans live, Gore generally received a higher percentage...



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