Who voted and why, Bush's base remains surprisingly narrow.

[G_j]

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/postconcession_reflections.php

Post-Concession Reflections
Robert L. Borosage
November 03, 2004


Borosage—a leader in the progressive movement—looks at the data about who voted and why. Although he won the popular vote, Borosage shows that President George W. Bush's base remains surprisingly narrow.

Robert L. Borosage, a veteran strategist and institution builder, is co-director of the Campaign for America's Future.

John Kerry has conceded. George W. Bush will have a second term. By consolidating their hold on the South, Republicans have added to their majorities in the House and Senate. What is clear is a fundamental failure of leadership. In the midst of a war—with 9/11 still searing our consciousness—Bush’s policies and politics have deepened the divisions in this country.

Bush won votes by wrapping himself in the flag and by summoning the passions of his evangelical base. Conservative evangelicals supplied his volunteers, turned out in large numbers and voted overwhelmingly for Bush.

Bush's Narrow Base

The president split the popular vote with Kerry, but the narrowness of his base is striking. The majority of Bush’s support—88 percent—came from whites. He lost African Americans nine to one. Asians nearly two to one. Efforts to woo Hispanics earned all of 40 percent of their votes. Only in the South did Bush win a majority—losing the popular vote in the East, the Midwest and the West.


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[Flammable Materials]

1. Doesn't matter.

He lost the first election, and still ran the country like he had a mandate.

Now he's won, and he doesn't have to seek re-election.

[Malva Zebrina]

2. that;s all you need for a narrow base

religious fury and lots of money from the "have mores"