White men hold key to Democratic win?!

[ILovePizza]

By JONATHAN KAUFMAN
February 19, 2008

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- In a Democratic presidential nomination race that pits a black man against a woman, the victor may well be determined by white men.

The working-class white men who toil in the steel mills and auto plants here are part of a volatile cohort that has long helped steer the nation's political course. Once, blue-collar males were the bedrock of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal coalition. They became "Reagan Democrats," helping to propel Ronald Reagan into office in the 1980s. Bill Clinton won many of them back to the Democratic Party in 1992. Two years later they were "angry white males," resentful of affirmative action and the women's movement, who helped Republicans capture Congress.

Now this group of voters is set to help determine the Democratic nominee, and the next occupant of the White House. Working-class white men make up nearly one-quarter of the electorate, outnumbering African-American and Hispanic voters combined

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120339381585476375.html?mod=hpp_us_pageone

[MethuenProgressive]

1. Jeez, that'd be different, wouldn't it?

:hi:

[ILovePizza]

2. Well, I don't know

[sam sarrha]

3. not if the people of color and all women get to work, and vote, and we'd have a super majority

[Botany]

4. Have you even been around or know anything about Youngstown, OH?

"The working-class white men who toil in the steel mills and auto plants here ....."

The auto and steel plants around Youngstown are just about all gone.

[ILovePizza]

5. No I haven't, sorry.

[MethuenProgressive]

6. Welcome to DU.

I was just having fun with the idea.
Good luck to your candidate.

[mkultra]

7. wow

Are you wishing the other candidate good luck.

*I bow in respect*

in your honor, i remove my snarky sig pic.

[Occam Bandage]

10. No. His candidate is Hillary, too.

[TexasObserver]

8. It's true. We've had a real problem not being able to win white men for decades. Obama CAN.

And maybe we'll get a majority for the first time in a long, long time.

[cooolandrew]

9. They love to divide it's why they emphaqsise these stats.

[ILovePizza]

11. But are they true?