[net.politics] Wide Appeal

berman@ihuxm.UUCP (berman) (04/05/84)

A common story in the mass media these days concerning Jesse Jackson's
campaign is that the rainbow coalition has failed, that Jackson has no
constituency other than the Black community. The facts however, speak
otherwise. In the recent New York State primary, Jackson WON the following
constituencies, beating BOTH Hart and Mondale:

 Persons 18-29 years old
 Women working outside the home
 Union households led by persons 18-29
 Persons with some college, but no degree
 First Time voters (here: Jackson 66%, Hart 20%, Mondale 13% !!!!)

He came in second, beating Hart among the following constituencies:
 Persons calling themselves liberal
 Persons calling themselves conservative (!!!)
 Women
 Hispanics
 Union households
 Family income < $25,000
 Persons with less than high school education
 Persons with high school degrees and no college
 Persons who voted for Carter in 1980
 Persons who give RR a disapproval rating


      source, NY Times 5 Apr 84

   moral: Jackson's candidacy has wider appeal than is commonly
          believed. Certainly the voters he is bringing into
          the electoral process may be the decisive factor in
          the defeat of the Cowboy-with-Gun this November!

                          Andy Berman


       motto:   E Pluribus Unum

wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler) (04/05/84)

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Andy, Andy, every group that you detailed could be black except the
Hispanics.  Do all blacks have to fall into the poor, illiterate,
etc. class?  You are making assumptions from the data that are
just not there.  Go back over your article and ask yourself, could
a black be between these ages?  Could a black have attended college?
Could a black be any of the other categories you listed?  Of course
they could.  The list you gave does not prove the existence of a
rainbow coalition one way or the other.  As a matter of record,
over 90% of those who voted for Jackson were black, re; ABC, CBS,
and NBC local newscasts, your same N. Y. Times, the Daily News,
PBS, the Post, and others.

What Jackson did do in NY was solidify the black vote for the first
time in history.  This will be the deciding factor in next year's
Mayoral campaign.  Jackson and his backers raised the registration
rolls for blacks by nearly 200,000.  This is where the strength

will be in the future in New York.
T. C. Wheeler

esac@ihuxp.UUCP (Bill Adams) (04/06/84)

He may be popular with a large number of groups, but he still came in third.
I fail to see how he can turn this into anything but a windfall for those
that are gobbling up his campaign money.

One man, one vote..............oh well!
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