At 11:57 AM 11/6/00 -0500, Doug Henwood wrote:
>Max Sawicky wrote:
>
>>4. The Greens don't have many blacks, but I predict that will
>>change.
>
>The NYT/CBS poll in today's paper has Nader's black support at 4%, right
>in line with the national average. (This is a "likely voter" poll.) Men
>are 6% for Ralph, and women at 4%. Given that the gender gap usually has
>women favoring the more leftish candidate, this is exactly the reverse of
>what it should be. But, the gender gap between Bush & Gore is surprisingly
>narrow (don't have the paper here, and the numbers aren't on their
>website, otherwise I'd quote numbers). In '96, women voted 54/38 for
>Clinton over Dole; now, Gore's advantage is just a couple of points. Does
>this mean the Roe v Wade tactic isn't working?
there was never much of a gender gap to begin with. what was observed was
a shift to the right on the part of men.
