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2008 Electorate: Alternate History
openleft.com - 11/1/2009
2008 Electorate: Alternate History
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A (now long-ago) comment by fladem (pointing out that Obama won all the states that Lincoln won in 1860) led to this diary.  What if the last election had taken place under the laws and customs that existed in most states in 1860?  In other words, what if only white men could vote in ...

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Matthew Yglesias:  White Men Are Not Very Progressive

Balloon Juice:  Don’t forget old and rich

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan:  White Men And Obama

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White Men Are Not Very Progressive
Matthew Yglesias — A nice map from dreaminonempty at Open Left illustrates the vote share won among white men in the 2008 presidential election: The take home message: expanding voting rights – a progressive position – resulted in the ability to elect more liberal politicians. I would say that another message is that progressive politics is badly disadvantaged by a situation in which the overwhelming majorities of political leaders and prominent media figures are white men. There are plenty of white men with ...

Don’t forget old and rich
Balloon Juice — Matt Yglesias produces a map (from Open Left) showing how Republican white men are and writes, smartly: I would say that another message is that progressive politics is badly disadvantaged by a situation in which the overwhelming majorities of political leaders and prominent media figures are white men. There are plenty of white men with progressive views, but in general the majority of white men are not progressive and the majority of progressives are not white men. Drawing from the relatively small pool of white male progressives means drawing ...

White Men And Obama
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —   Yglesias notes this map from Open Left. It is rather discouraging. Matt draws this inference from it: I would say that another message is that progressive politics is badly disadvantaged by a situation in which the overwhelming majorities of political leaders and prominent media figures are white men. When the disparities of experience and understanding are this acute, Washington has a problem with its pundit class. Increasingly, we're talking about ourselves, not America. ...

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