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electorate stories: 5 news summaries

 'Palin Paradox': 
 Male-Heavy 
 Districts Elect 
 Women 

Congresswomen flourish in areas with skewed gender ratios

Jun 8, 09 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alaska is reliant on male-dominated industries like mining and fishing, and the state has 106 men for every 100 women—the most gender-skewed state in the country, where the overall ratio is 86:100. Yet Alaska is one of just five states with an elected female governor, and one of... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • women • voting • electorate • sex ratio • Sarah Palin • gender equality

analysis

 Blue States Dominate, 
 and Purple Gains Ground 

Dramatic shift in electorate favors liberals: poll

Jan 29, 09 12:49 PM CST
(Newser) - Blue states are far bluer than red states are red, says a new Gallup poll. Party registrations favor Democrats—they lead by 10 or more percentage points in 29 states and the DC, compared to four states where Republicans dominate—suggesting that Dems can expand on ther gains they made... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • partisanship • Utah • Rhode Island • electorate • red state • blue states • Election 2008 • Gallup poll • swing states • party politics

OPINION

 If You Don't Know 
 Who This Is, 
 Don't Vote 

Uninformed citizens should stay home, unpopular as the sentiment might be

Oct 31, 08 4:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Countless actors, musicians and other celebrities have volunteered their time encouraging young people to vote. But should they? ABC News anchor John Stossel quizzed voters on basic political knowledge at a registration-drive concert and in the nation’s capital. A shockingly high number of uninformed answers led Stossel to the... More »

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democracy • voting • candidate • electorate • Election 2008 • young voters • stupidity • new voters

Black Politicians' Rise
Signals Changing Electorate

More white voters may be growing comfortable with black officials

Oct 14, 08 10:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - A change in the electorate may be under way as a growing number of blacks are winning local elections nationwide—more and more often across color lines, the New York Times reports. Some 16% of black legislators represented mainly white districts in 2001; by 2007, that figure had nearly doubled.... More »

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race • candidate • electorate • white voters • African-Americans

Look Who's Given Up on the White Male

Democrats dumped NASCAR dads in 2008

Sep 17, 07 6:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - One constituency the Democrats have conspicuously not been courting this primary season is the blue-collar white male, and they shouldn't start any time soon, recommends Salon's Thomas Schaller. Bubba went to the other side in the late '80s and never looked back. The Dems didn't give up easily, but this... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Democrats • Latino voters • vote • white male • electorate • African-American voters • Election 2008 • presidential election

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