"Today, Bush leads Kerry among self-described Republicans by 74 points. But among Democrats, Kerry beats Bush by 75 points. Only 7 percent of Republicans say they support Kerry; just 9 percent of Democrats back Bush. This is quite unlike 1980. In May of that year, the Gallup Organization found only 55 percent of Democrats approving of Jimmy Carter’s job performance. That was a harbinger of things to come, as one-in-four Democrats deserted Carter to back Reagan in November."Since the culture wars began in the early 1990s -- and the nation divided into socially-conservative Red States and socially-liberal Blue States -- neither party has held a firm and reliable majority of the vote. As a result, the winners of the last three presidential elections won with less than 50%, something that hasn't happened in more than a century.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country, including the Washington Post, USA Today, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer and Christian Science Monitor.
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