****G 805
(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) |
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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) |
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lower density: suburban, rural |
POPULATION DENSITY |
higher density urban
(71% for Gore in 2000) |
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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) |
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college graduates (201, ch.. 7) |
FORMAL EDUCATION |
not college graduates |
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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) |
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men (139, ch. 5 + 156, ch. 6 + 201, ch.. 7) |
SEX/GENDER |
women (139, ch. 5 + 156, ch.. 6 + 201, ch.. 7) |
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between thirty and fifty (156, ch 6) |
AGE |
over fifty (156, ch. 6) and 18-29 (201, ch. 7) |