7Jan/090
Study: Race not deciding factor in Prop. 8 vote – Inside Bay Area
Finally, some informed analysis! Take THAT, people who rushed to judge people of color (esp. African Americans) for opposing gay rights. Oakland Tribune reports:
Neither African-Americans nor any other ethnicity were disproportionately in support of Proposition 8, which changed California's constitution to ban same-sex marriage, according to a study of election results and post-vote surveys released Tuesday.
Rather, whether someone voted yes or no on the ballot measure was influenced mostly by the person's age, religiosity, party affiliation and general political ideology, the study's authors say.
Download the Egan-Sherrill study at www.thetaskforce.org/downloads/issues/egan_sherrill_prop8_1_6_09.pdf.
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Tags: california, oakland, politics, Prop8, race, racism










