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The inside story.(on the right)(voter statistics)
NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 10
WE aren't supposed to make any generalities based on race, color, or creed, just to begin with. Invidious comparisons can be made, and indeed are every day made, by individuals. Still, institutions go to extraordinary lengths to avoid remarking differences. Indeed, many super-cautious universities even forbid applicants to submit photographs, on the basis of which an official at the Department of Admissions might say--or whisper, or just think quietly--that this applicant is black/Indian/Chinese ...
So what I want to know is: How is it that on page P-7 of the New York Times for November 9, I can find out how many people voted Democratic and how many Republican, nationwide, among: whites, blacks, Hispanics, Asians; men, women; 18 to 29-year-olds, 60 and older; didn't complete high school, did, some college, college graduate, postgraduate; Protestants, white Protestants, Catholics, white Catholics, Jews, white evangelicals; family income under $15,000, under $30,000, under $50,000, under $75,000, under $100,000, over $100,000; Easterners, Midwesterners, Southerners, Westerners; gays, lesbians, bisexuals.
Begin with truly sensitive questions, bearing on race, ethnicity, color.
What about Jewish voters? It is assumed, is it not, that cosmopolitan experience and education wipe out traditional tribal allegiances? Well, no group could be better educated and more cosmopolitan than the Jews, but they voted 88 percent Democratic.
Is it as easy as that Jews are especially well educated, and would incline to do the ... intelligent thing?
No. The least educated (did not complete high school) voted mostly (64 percent) Democratic. But the college graduates voted 50-50.
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