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Article: ANGRY WHITE MEN DO VOTE ANGRY WHITE MEN ARE FED UP WITH DEMOCRATS, WHO THEY SEE AS ALIEN TO THEIR VIEWS, VALUES AND BEST INTERESTS. AND THEY ARE USING THEIR VOTES TO SUPPORT REPUBLICANS, THREATENING TO MAKE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY A LONG-TERM MINORITY ON THE NATIONAL SCENE.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- November 27, 1994
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Byline: PETER A. BROWN Scripps Howard
Democratic and Republican leaders, meeting separately to rehash the election, agreed on one conclusion: Angry white men fueled the GOP landslide and could consign Democrats to long-term minority status.
The Democrats, meeting at Disney World to figure out what went wrong, talked about winning back independents, increasing their margin among union members and finding some way to become competitive in the South.
They conceded, with some discomfort, that all of those categories were a manifestation of a problem that has been building for a generation:
White men increasingly don't vote for ...