Re: the new number one reason to vote Nader

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

Michael Hoover wrote:

>  >>> dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx 5/31/2004 2:06:42 PM >>>
> Gitlin is a repulsive character, but everything he says in this
> passage is, sadly, true:
> > But there is no evidence that nonvoters differ from voters in any
> > ideological way.
>
> poli sci guy stephen earl bennett's 1990 'deconstruction' ('the uses
> and abuses of registration and turnout data', _ps_) of above exposed it
> for canard it actually is...

That's not what a bunch of public opinion pundits told me recently.
Most surveys found little difference between voters & nonvoters. One
"deconstruction" isn't necessarily the last word.

Doug