Tuesday, November 09, 2004
there's been some criticism of the notion that the gay marriage vote in ohio swung the election. i still haven't seen a work up of how the states without the referenda voted.
here's what i'm currently thinking about the election.
there's a certain ghetto mentality that exerts social pressure to vote a certain way
if you belong to a certain group. gay? then of course you will vote democrat.
black? then of course you will vote democrat. jewish? then of course...union? then of course...
so the typical voter asks themselves, am i gay? black? union? no? ok, i guess i don't have to vote democrat. so they don't. and as for those who are gay black and union, conformity isn't quite 100%, because some people don't like being told how they must behave.
if i'm right, and who knows, i'm wildly speculating here, the dems could lighten up on the assumption that they own anybody's vote. they could focus on trying to earn those votes instead of taking them for granted, encourage those voter blocks to think critically and vote for better candidate. this approach might reduce the backlash.
here's what i'm currently thinking about the election.
there's a certain ghetto mentality that exerts social pressure to vote a certain way
if you belong to a certain group. gay? then of course you will vote democrat.
black? then of course you will vote democrat. jewish? then of course...union? then of course...
so the typical voter asks themselves, am i gay? black? union? no? ok, i guess i don't have to vote democrat. so they don't. and as for those who are gay black and union, conformity isn't quite 100%, because some people don't like being told how they must behave.
if i'm right, and who knows, i'm wildly speculating here, the dems could lighten up on the assumption that they own anybody's vote. they could focus on trying to earn those votes instead of taking them for granted, encourage those voter blocks to think critically and vote for better candidate. this approach might reduce the backlash.
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