--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The only way for Democrats to win in the South is to > win a good portion of > these folks over. This can be done by emphasizing > the economic issues and
I basically agree with everything you wrote (I think - I read it fairly quickly). I think it's more than just the South, though. As a rule of thumb, outside of party registration, the easiest way to find out how a white person votes is to ask how often they go to church. More than once a month, and they overwhelmingly vote Republican (African-Americans, of course, are very devout and heavily Democratic). Less than once a month and they vote Democratic. To first order, that's the dominating factor - which is one of the reasons I think social issues are much more racial ones in explaining the modern (as opposed to 1970s) Republican dominance in the South. Mondale was quite religious, of course, but he gave off an aura of secularism (which is fine, I'm obviously in favor of a fairly secular government) but, even more than that, many of his most prominent allies in the Democratic Party seem to radiate hostility to religion. Are people necessarily aware of who edits The Nation? No, not at all - but the tenor that they create is perceived by the very perceptive American public. ===== Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
