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D W W Robertson on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 7:58:33 PM
Early Pennsylvania exit poll results
By The Associated Press
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
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About one in five voters said the race of the candidates was among the top factors in their vote. About as many said that about the candidates' gender.
From a partial sample of 1,421 Democratic primary voters conducted in 40 precincts across Pennsylvania by Edison Media Research and Mitofsky International for The Associated Press and television networks.
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Okay, now I’m the racism/sexism police. I can’t believe 20% of Dems would use race and sex as a major factor in choosing for whom they will vote. This is the same kind of discrimination that we passed Civil Right legislation to end.
I would not be surprised if Republicans were much less likely to use race and sex as a determining factor in their vote for a presidential nominee.
I would love to vote for a black person or a woman. I just have to agree with their policies first, not the other way around.