"It's no surprise for Democrats to lose white men and evangelicals. But in this election, we also lost white women, married people, couples with children, high school graduates, college graduates, people over 30, and, by our estimate, voters in every annual household income category above $40,000. Our coalition consisted of high school dropouts and those with postgraduate educations (99% of the Universtiy Proff's). That coalition is not the foundation for building a durable Democratic majority."
"Of America's 3,114 counties, Bush won 2,532 -- or 81.1 percent -- covering 78 percent of our country's land mass. In only 162 of those counties -- just over 6 percent -- was Bush's margin of victory less than 5 points. As the Los Angeles Times reported, Bush won 97 of the nation's 100 fastest-growing counties -- Kerry won just three."
--------Al From is founder and CEO of the Democratic Leadership Council. Bruce Reed is president of the DLC
2007-10-19
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