http://sorendayton.com/2007/07/09/red-states-going-blue/ Merely an aggregation of a dispersed life online Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:32:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://sorendayton.com/2007/07/09/red-states-going-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-1071 eyeon08.com » More than one kind of swing voter Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:39:26 +0000 http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/07/09/red-states-going-blue/#comment-1071 [...] More than one kind of swing voter digg_url = 'http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/07/11/more-than-one-kind-of-swing-voter/'; digg_title = 'More than one kind of swing voter'; digg_bodytext = 'After writing about Virginia and West Virginia polling yesterday, I got thinking about one of the discussions that is not taking place on the internet right now. The question is pretty simple: who will be the swing voters of 2008? Several possible answers. But let me start with some facts, provided by Democrats: In 2000, Gore [...]'; digg_skin = "compact"; digg_topic = "politics"; ( function() { var ds=typeof digg_skin=='string'?digg_skin:''; var h=80; var w=52; if(ds=='compact') { h=18; w=120; } var u=typeof digg_url=='string'?digg_url:(typeof DIGG_URL=='string'?DIGG_URL:window.location.href); document.write(""); } )() After writing about Virginia and West Virginia polling yesterday, I got thinking about one of the discussions that is not taking place on the internet right now. The question is pretty simple: who will be the swing voters of 2008? Several possible answers. But let me start with some facts, provided by Democrats: In 2000, Gore lost white working class (defined as whites with less than a four year college degree) voters by 17 points; this year, Kerry lost them by 23 points, a swing of 6 points against the Democrats. In contrast, Gore lost college-educated whites by 9 points and Kerry lost them by 10 points–not much change. [...] [...] More than one kind of swing voter digg_url = ‘http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/07/11/more-than-one-kind-of-swing-voter/’; digg_title = ‘More than one kind of swing voter’; digg_bodytext = ‘After writing about Virginia and West Virginia polling yesterday, I got thinking about one of the discussions that is not taking place on the internet right now. The question is pretty simple: who will be the swing voters of 2008? Several possible answers. But let me start with some facts, provided by Democrats: In 2000, Gore [...]‘; digg_skin = “compact”; digg_topic = “politics”; ( function() { var ds=typeof digg_skin==’string’?digg_skin:”; var h=80; var w=52; if(ds==’compact’) { h=18; w=120; } var u=typeof digg_url==’string’?digg_url:(typeof DIGG_URL==’string’?DIGG_URL:window.location.href); document.write(“”); } )() After writing about Virginia and West Virginia polling yesterday, I got thinking about one of the discussions that is not taking place on the internet right now. The question is pretty simple: who will be the swing voters of 2008? Several possible answers. But let me start with some facts, provided by Democrats: In 2000, Gore lost white working class (defined as whites with less than a four year college degree) voters by 17 points; this year, Kerry lost them by 23 points, a swing of 6 points against the Democrats. In contrast, Gore lost college-educated whites by 9 points and Kerry lost them by 10 points–not much change. [...]

]]> http://sorendayton.com/2007/07/09/red-states-going-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-1070 eye Wed, 11 Jul 2007 02:43:53 +0000 http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/07/09/red-states-going-blue/#comment-1070 There was mention. There was mention.

]]> http://sorendayton.com/2007/07/09/red-states-going-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-1069 ee2793 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:12:15 +0000 http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/07/09/red-states-going-blue/#comment-1069 What's the matter, why no mention of the McCain crash and burn? What’s the matter, why no mention of the McCain crash and burn?

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