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(N) GITELSON CHAPTERS 5, 6, 7 -- DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS’ VOTING LOYALTIES

ARE YOU TYPICAL OR EXCEPTIONAL FOR EACH GROUP YOU ARE PART OF?

 

                       MOST LIKELY                                                                                                                                        MOST LIKELY

   TO VOTE REPUBLICAN                                                                                                                      TO VOTE DEMOCRAT

 

whites (141, ch. 5 + 157, ch. 6)

Cuban Americans (141, ch. 5)

RACE, ETHNICITY, AND ANCESTRY

African Americans (141, ch.5 + 156, ch. 6)

Non-Cuban Hispanics (141, ch. 5)

 

 

 

white southerners today (156, ch.. 6)

(also, 1865 to New Deal, black southerners)

ETHNICITY AND

REGIONAL HISTORY 

black southerners today

(also, 1865 to 1954, white southerners, 156, ch.6)

 

 

 

lower density:  suburban, rural

POPULATION DENSITY

higher density urban  (71% for Gore in 2000)

 

 

 

Protestants (141, ch.. 5 + 157, ch .6+201, ch. 7)

RELIGION 

Jews (141, ch.. 5 + 156, ch.. 6),

Catholics (141, ch.. 5 + 156, ch.. 6 + 201, ch.7)

 

 

 

college graduates (201, ch.. 7)

FORMAL EDUCATION

not college graduates

 

 

 

middle / upper class (157, ch .6

above $74,000 income (201, ch.. 7)

SES (socio-economic status) INCOME

working class (156, ch.. 6)

under $30,000 income (201, ch.. 7)

 

 

 

men (139, ch. 5 + 156, ch. 6 + 201, ch.. 7) 

SEX/GENDER

women (139, ch. 5 + 156, ch.. 6 + 201, ch.. 7) 

 

 

 

between thirty and fifty (156, ch 6)

AGE

over fifty (156, ch. 6) and 18-29 (201, ch. 7)