[g_eames]

The article is pretty interesting. It claims that the real swing voters are independents and white Catholics. Win them and we'll will most likely win the popular vote.

[NYCVirago]

The New York Times did a very condescending "Nascar Dads" article a month or so ago. Some of us here pointed out that it was silly to suggest that this group were swing voters, since they were mostly white males, a group that votes overwhelmingly Republican.

[OPS4]

Nascar Dad's love bush and they will help him become president. The more the main stream press demeans
these guys the more of them will turn out the vote.

Ops4 God Bless America!

[freebacon]

I am a white Catholic, and as far as I know most white Catholics vote Republican consistently, and are compelled to by the abortion issue. The opposition to that issue has been championed predominately by the parishioners of the Church and is their for most concern. So I don't see how they're going to be the primary swing voters.

[Impy]

The rats made up this turn. These are GOP base voters.

[ole_man_ribba]

I doubt NASCAR Dads have voted demon-rat since Jimmy Carter if then. I've been attending NASCAR events for 20 years and I've yet to meet a liberal or a demon-rat voter at a race. Not even the women fans vote demon-rat. Hell not even black NASCAR fans I know vote demon-rat.

[Meldrim]

"Only the oddball election of 2000 is harder to read: George W. Bush won white Catholics by seven points and independents by two (within polling tolerances, essentially a dead heat.) He won the election, but not the popular vote."

Alright. It would be interesting to see the break-out of the Roman Catholic vote.

As for the popular vote, how about immigration. See Arizona and look at the votes of the folks who will still be around in 20 years. Yes, there are lots of Republicans there, but they are old and getting nearer the grave each election. The article left out the rapidly swelling Mexican and Central-American vote...and that won't be swinging anywhere from the Left anytime soon.

[KFriedConserv]

Its all nonsense.

Your average NASCAR fan is indeed rural, white, Christian, and working class ... thats not a swing vote my friend, that is the republican base.

[longtermmemmory]

Interesting how ABC assumes the newest voting block is a group of Democrats voting a certain way.

Seems NASCAR Dads are pretty much repubicans.