not at all. people seem to have a problem with maleness these days.
My theory is based on my observation of election results, not on any evidence of why voters shunned candidates with mustaches. Watching election results on TV back in 2002, I noticed that every time a candidate with a mustache was on the screen it was because he had lost, and by the end of the night I was saying “oh, crap”!” every time I saw that the Republican candidate in a competitive race had a mustache.
I’ll give you a couple of examples. In 1996 and 2002, Democrat Tom Strickland ran against Wayne Allard for a U.S. Senate from Colorado; both times, Allard surprised many by winning 52%-47%. Strickland sported a mustache in both races, and has since shaved it off. And in 2002 Geoff Davis ran against Ken Lucas in Kentucky’s 4th District, and lost narrowly; he shaved his mustache in time for the 2004 election and he defeated Democrat Nick Clooney.
And, for the record, while I can’t grow a decent mustache myself (not that it would matter, since I don’t have enough real estate between my nose and the top of my lip to fit more than a very thin mustache anyways), soy ciertamente más macho que Fernando Lamas y Ricardo Montalbán. : )