The epochal Ward Cleaver echoed in the minds of American voters this election. His voice resonated deeply, influencing voters in surprising ways, and it's not because John Kerry reminded them of Eddie Haskell (That was Al Gore). Whether or not voters had kids — their own "Wally and the Beave" — made a huge difference in evaluations of which presidential candidate would lead the culture in the right direction. But the most striking pattern was among men with kids — the Ward Cleaver dads ? who overwhelmingly thought President Bush was more likely to lead the culture in the right...