Teixeira R
The Century Foundation, Washington, DC 20036, USA.
Int J Health Serv. 2001;31(4):881-7. doi: 10.2190/2XRK-9QDR-GR9B-MNPF.
After presenting data on how various ethnic/racial and income groups cast their votes in the 2000 presidential election, this article addresses the question of why Al Gore did well enough to beat George W. Bush in the popular vote but not well enough to prevent Bush from achieving a virtual tie. The author challenges some arguments put forward--Gore's being "too much of a populist" and not running on the achievements of the Clinton administration--and, based on poll data, suggests that more important to voters were problems of trust, cultural conservatism, and generic anti-government sentiment. These findings on the 2000 election suggest a number of possibilities about the political future and some ways in which the Democratic Party might develop its program to win back voters.
在展示了不同种族/民族和收入群体在2000年总统选举中的投票数据后，本文探讨了为何阿尔·戈尔在普选中表现出色足以击败乔治·W·布什，但却不足以阻止布什获得事实上的平局这一问题。作者对一些观点提出了质疑——比如戈尔“过于民粹主义”以及没有基于克林顿政府的成就进行竞选——并根据民意调查数据表明，对选民来说更重要的是信任问题、文化保守主义和普遍的反政府情绪。这些关于2000年选举的发现暗示了政治未来的一些可能性，以及民主党可能制定其纲领以赢回选民的一些方式。
