[ElkGroveDan]

Pre-election polls showed Bradley, the mayor of Los Angeles, with a double-digit lead over his white opponent, George Deukmejian. But Bradley lost.....what happened was that the polls greatly underestimated the vote for the white candidates.

Yes but in this case those extra "white voters" were good old boy gun owners. On the ballot with Bradley and Deukmejian was Proposition 15 a handgun ban. That measure drew out low propensity conservative voters in droves. Despite what the press want to believe, it wasn't about race.

[neverdem]

Yes but in this case those extra "white voters" were good old boy gun owners. On the ballot with Bradley and Deukmejian was Proposition 15 a handgun ban. That measure drew out low propensity conservative voters in droves. Despite what the press want to believe, it wasn't about race.

There's nothing like the local color from the aroused potential victims of gun grabbers. Thanks for the backround.

[SierraWasp]

"Women voted in unusually large numbers -- they outnumbered men at the polling places by 57 percent to 43 percent -- and they went heavily for Clinton over Obama."

I sure enjoyed the explanation Rush provided for this phenomenon... The Oprah Effect!!! (the chickification of America) Hillary became a victim ("Iron my shirts") and brought on mass "womens rage" at men with raging hormones... Thinking "Screw yew, mister!" (too funny!)

I also enjoyed watching Shelby Steele on LBJ's press secretary's (can't think of his name right now) PBS show last night, explaining why Obama AND Oprah are so popular with white folks. He said they are "bargainers," as opposed to "challengers!"