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Chapter 8

Chapter 8: Elections

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Do you worry that this election may be decided by superdelegates?

The Honorable Cory A. Booker, age thirty-eight, is the Mayor of Newark, New Jersey. He took the oath of office as Mayor of New Jersey’s largest city on July 1, 2006, following a sweeping electoral victory.

1. Based on his response, how does he feel about the potential that superdelegates have to influence a Democratic primary?
2. Are superdelegates a good thing? What problems can arise by using this system of superdelegates?
3. What problems do superdelegates solve?

What issues appeal to the white male voting block? What are those character issues?

David Paul Kuhn is an expert analyst of presidential and gender politics. He is the author of The Neglected Voter: White Men and the Democratic Dilemma.

4. Why does Kuhn believe that white male voters are the neglected voting demographic? How does he explain the regionalism of these voting trends?
5. What issues do white men vote on, according to David Paul Kuhn? Why?

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