GRAPH EXERCISE.

Who Voted for Bush? Who Voted for Gore?

Even as the battle over Florida's votes continued, an-interesting picture began to emerge of those Americans who voted for Al Gore and George W. Bush. Married men, for example, went strongly for Bush--58 percent--compared with 38 percent for Gore. Married women split almost evenly, with 49 percent for Bush and 48 percent for Gore. People in big cities (over 500,000) went 71 percent for Gore and 26 percent for Bush, while those in rural communities went 59 percent for Bush and 37 percent for Gore. The graphs below report other characteristics of voters in one of the closest presidential elections in American history.

Source: Nationwide exit poll conducted by Voter News Service, a consortium of TV networks and the Associated Press.

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1. Which two groups gave the same percentage of their vote to Vice President Al Gore?

2. Which three groups came within one percentage point of each other in their support for Governor George W. Bush?

3. What generalization might one make about the vote of urban women whose family income is approximately $35,000?

4. One might infer from data on this page that one group of Americans was most strenuous in its opposition to Governor Bush. Which group?

5. Why do you think none of the graphs showing support for Vice President Al Gore and Governor George W. Bush add up to 100 percent?

6. What percent of your class supported Bush, Gore, or other presidential candidates?

Graph Exercise, TE 5

1. Men and whites. 2. Men, whites, and those with family incomes above $50,000.3. They were more likely to vote for Gore. 4. African Americans. 5. The graphs don't show small percentages that went to minor-party candidates. 6. Answers will vary.