No, actually I was not attempting to draw out the implications for future voting patterns. I was just remarking on what looked to be a counterpoint to the old lament about the conservatism of the working class.
I think the elections statistics are worthless as indicators of anything, in as much as it is not the mood or will or votes of the "people" that decides the election, but the needs of the economy, and its ruling class. The arguments but what may or may not happen are all based and eviscerated by a sort of voluntarism, a notion of mood, choice, selection, none of which has any relevance to the revolutionary notion of necessity. dms ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julio Huato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > David was using samples of this population (the voting frequencies in > previous elections) to draw inferences about the likely behavior of voters > in 2004.
