On Jan 4, 2012, at 9:16 AM, Wojtek S wrote:
> "A reminder: 122,255 people voted in Iowa, a self-selected
> population that's very white and conservative (though Iowa itself
> isn't a right-wing place). I'd be careful about drawing bold
> conclusions from that."
>
> [WS:] Point taken, but what makes you think that these 122,256 do not
> represent a much wider population of GOP supporters?
57% of the voters, according to entrance polls, were evangelical Xians. That's 4-5 times the likely share of NH voters. I'd be the last to argue that a lot of GOP voters aren't bigots of the sort you list, but this is probably a more odious than average sample.
Doug