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To: jbe who wrote (85755)	8/18/2000 11:36:54 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 108807

Here is a general political joke that covers both sides- A bus load of politicians is driving down the road. The repubs and demos get to arguing, then brawling, and pretty soon it's a general melee, the bus driver loses control of the bus and it crashes off the road and rolls down an embankment. A local farmer sees the crash, shakes his head at the way some people drive, and comes over to bury the politicians. The local sheriff comes driving by and sees the bus. So he goes to ask the farmer what in the heck has happened. The farmer explains what happened and how he buried all the politicians. The sheriff says in astonishment "I can't believe they were all dead!" The old farmer says "Well, some of 'em said they weren't, but you know how those politicians lie."

To: jbe who wrote (85755)	8/19/2000 3:48:23 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 108807

I am not stopping you......

To: jbe who wrote (85755)	8/19/2000 4:33:27 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Democrats skew female, the foundation for the fabled gender gap in Presidential voting that has given every Democratic candidate for the past twenty years a higher percentage of the female vote than male vote. Gallup's aggregated totals show that 57% of Democrats nationwide are women, compared to only 47% of Republicans who are women. Although, as is the case for the entire U.S. population, whites comprise the significant majority of both parties, the Democratic Party has many more minority adherents than the Republican Party. Nineteen percent of Democrats are black, with an additional 6% who identify as members of other minority groups, leaving 75% of Democrats who are white. Republicans on the other hand are 93% white, and only 3% black. Although both Democrats and Republicans have equal numbers of Americans at the upper end of the educational spectrum --that is, with post graduate degrees -- Democrats are more likely than Republicans to be in the category of those with only high school educations or less. Democrats are more downscale economically than Republicans, but not necessarily dramatically so. About a quarter of Democrats have incomes that are less than $20,000 a year, compared to 15% of Republicans. At the other end, 15% of Democrats have $75,000 a year incomes or higher, compared to 22% of Republicans. There is little geographic variation in the location of Democrats compared to Republicans. Democrats are more likely to live in the East, while Republicans are slightly more represented in the other regions of the country. Democrats are more urban than are Republicans, who tend to be more likely to live in suburbs. There are no great age differences between the two parties' memberships. Democrats skew slightly older -- 39% are 50 and older, compared to 34% of Republicans. About one quarter of both parties are Catholic. gallup.com