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...later became the margin of victory for Ronald Reagan. They have never fully returned to the Democratic fold and as a result have become less and less of a factor in its primary politics. Among those who remain with the Democrats, the core of this group tends to be older and female, the demographic most attuned to the 60-year-old Clinton. And of course, race is a factor too, though it is one that is impossible to measure. Governor Ed Rendell, Clinton's highest-profile supporter in Pennsylvania, suggested in February that some whites in his state "are probably...
...traditional” candidates for the Democratic nomination. Goodman said, for example, that when polled, black women feel that they have to choose between being black and being female. Goodman said that whereas African Americans have overwhelmingly supported Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, older white women have formed the “tenacious core” of his rival Hillary Clinton’s supporters. Goodman said this demographic divide can be explained by the sentiment of many older white women that “they don’t want another young man leapfrogging his way past a woman...
...really predict what is going to happen." The two-phase review didn't start with the most challenging ADs, which means that the chance of more trouble for the airlines remains the same until the audit process concludes June 30. Aviation experts say the older an airline's fleet, like those used by the big legacy carriers such as American, Northwest and United, the more likely its planes are to be grounded...
...challenges. The young mothers occupy a crucial place in their community, proud symbols of a central tenet of their faith that only "celestial marriage" [polygamy] gains believers admission to the highest level of Heaven. (Upon reaching puberty, FLDS girls are required to marry, usually into the existing families of older men.) Furthermore, says Beall, the young women may harbor feelings of guilt and shame as victims now that they left what they have been taught to believe are the safe and sacrosanct confines of the FLDS community...
...that because the NCAA is a college tournament such advertising could lead to an increase in binge drinking is founded on a misconception: The NCAA basketball tournament is not primarily watched by those under 21. According to Nielsen ratings, 88 percent of those watching the tournament were 21 or older, and the median age of viewers was 47. Furthermore, studies have shown little correlation between beer advertising and overall alcohol consumption—instead, such advertising typically changes the brand or type of alcohol people consume. It would be an overreaction to censor beer advertising because of its purported effect...