The “gender gap” has been a fixture in discussions about American politics since the early Reagan years. But it is usually cast as a matter of women being turned off by Republicans. By far the greater part of this gap, however, comes from the high number of white men — who make up about 36 percent of the electorate — who refuse to even consider voting Democratic.
In 2000, exit polling showed white women backed George W. Bush over Al Gore by 3 percentage points, but white men backed him by 27 percentage points. Four years later, with John F. Kerry carrying the Democratic banner, the margin was 26 points.
2007-10-04 15:06:52 · 23 answers · asked by charbatch 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1007/6183.html
2007-10-04 15:08:52 · update #1
Because Democrats have not yet figured out how to portray white men as a victimized group. As you know, pandering to people who want to be "victims" is a big part of the Democrats strategy.
2007-10-04 15:23:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Florida is extra effective than significant. Romney can no longer win with out Florida and its 27 electoral votes. each and each Electoral employer projection shows Romney on the decrease back of Obama by way of a great margin. Obama can win with out Florida yet now no longer Romney. i'm balloting for Obama, this is why i'm overjoyed Romney did no longer %. Rubio. There are 2 elementary balloting businesses down right here, the seniors and the Latinos. Ryan hurts extra effective with the seniors than Rubio might help with the Latino's.
2016-10-10 08:12:54 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a white man and democratic. Labor, and anyone else who wants a good American economy like we had when labor interests were American interests, will vote democratic in the upcoming elections. At one time there were many pro middle class Republicans, in the Dwight Eisenhower mold. Maybe they're still out there, and if they are, I'd consider voting for them. But as it is, the republican party's leadership has put itself at direct odds with the middle class and working Americans. We built up the best corporations in the world through our hard work, then right wingers changed the rules, allowing the companies to take the structure our labor built them, to 3rd world countries where they can pay nothing for workers. And now that American workers don't have money to buy stuff, our economy is failing.
2007-10-04 15:32:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Hard to be a member of a party that demonizes you every chance it gets.
Sorry, but as a white male, I believe my future and my prosperity should be in my hands and not in someone else's. The Democratic Party is doing everything it can to make sure that individual success in this country is punished and not celebrated.
2007-10-04 16:04:29 · answer #4 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well there is Hillary ??? what man wants to listen to a nagging @ss woman tell him how she thinks things should be , After all this is a woman who had her husband caught red handed with his DK in another woman's mouth ...she is already a b*tch . now she is a b*tch on a mission , and everybody will suffer her wrath , she hates men , and other women , we are all going to suffer and pay for the humiliation bestowed upon her .....our punishment will be the poor house ......
2007-10-04 15:19:42 · answer #5 · answered by Insensitively Honest 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I believe it is the gay thing, Most white men don't want to be seen associating with something they see as unnatural. And the Dem party is loaded with gays.
2007-10-04 16:04:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
They left me when they moved to the extreme hateful faaaaaaaaaaaaaaar left under the evil dictator Beelzebill Clinton.
I was in their party and they attacked me and everything I stand for and tried to take all of my rights away and tried to push global socialism.
I'll pray for women and blacks and Jews to also leave the Dem party in droves and I hope you all will also do likewise.
God help us all.
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2007-10-04 15:16:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
you said it's a percentage increase... vs. what?
the Clinton elections? I could be as simple as the candidate...
and what was the gap during the 2006 mid-terms I wonder? I bet a lot of them went back...
2007-10-04 15:13:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Women tend to have more of a bleeding heart than men and also tend to run on emotions alot more than men. That is also what the dems run on, emotion and bleeding hearts, not facts and sound policy. The GOP isn't much better on the sound policy at the moment, but they tend to not be bleeding hearts and emotional, they tend to look at the facts and make decisions.
2007-10-04 15:10:43 · answer #9 · answered by Scott B 4 · 5⤊ 3⤋
Must be wising up finally. Now once black men & women figure out they are being used by Democrats, the party will finally disappear into the abyss where it belongs.
2007-10-04 15:10:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous 7 · 10⤊ 2⤋