Thanks to all those who participated in my contest?to come up with a catchy moniker for America’s new swing voter: the independent, moderate, secular male residing in the suburbs of the north and the west.? All of the suggestions were good, and assigning a fitting label to these voters remains a challenge.? As such, I’m not committing to any label just yet, and will wait to see what comes naturally when referring to that group of voters most responsible for delivering the country to the Democrats this year.
That said, every contest deserves a winner, and I have selected reader John R as the winner of this endeavor due to his apt description of America’s newest swing voter, who he refers to as “Football Dads.”? Here’s the?money paragraph:
They are white males who are not very religious but might go to church on occasion. They are deeply patriotic, anti-illegal immigrant, anti-spending, but don’t care about issues like the pro-life/choice debate. They feel Republicans are now as dangerous as Democrats because both want to tell everyone how to live and grow the government. They are skeptics and have a #quot;leave me alone#quot; libertarian streak. They leaned held their nose and voted Bush in 04 because they want strong security, but left the Republicans in 06 because they feel Iraq discredited Republican foreign policy. And as you guessed from the name – a common characteristic i see is they are obsessed with sports. They are the male football fans of the Northeast and midwest.
I couldn’t have said it better myself.
November 27th, 2006 at 9:47 am
I know I missed out on the prize, but how about “doubting Thomases.” What better to describe secular, independant males?
From Dictionary.com (for those who don’t get the reference – doubt it’s many
“doubting Thomas:
One who is habitually doubtful. For example, He was a doubting Thomas about the coming merger, not believing it would ever happen. The term alludes to the disciple Thomas, who doubted Jesus’s resurrection until he had first-hand evidence of it (John 20:24-29).”
November 27th, 2006 at 10:09 am
Here are some more:
Milquetoast Males
Temperate Toms
Distracted Dads
Malleable Males
Freethinking Freds
Agnostic Joes
Secular Skeptical Males (say it three times real fast)
Checkin’ in Males
Burb-men, and no Pope
Moderate Males
Purple State Brigade
Ultimate Deciders
Rebels without a Cause
and last but not least…drumroll, please……………….
Lincoln Chafees
November 27th, 2006 at 10:53 am
[...] Race42008 held a Thanksgiving weekend contest to find a label for America’s newest swing voter. The winning entry was FOOTBALL DADS. “That said, every contest deserves a winner, and I have selected reader John R as the winner of this endeavor due to his apt description of America’s newest swing voter, who he refers to as “Football Dads.†Here’s the money paragraph: [...]
November 27th, 2006 at 12:50 pm
“and last but not least…drumroll, please……………….
Lincoln Chafees”
I suspect most of these guys would have Lincoln Chafee for breakfast, lunch, AND dinner.
November 27th, 2006 at 3:03 pm
“I suspect most of these guys would have Lincoln Chafee for breakfast, lunch, AND dinner.”
Heh, true. He is awfully lib, now that I think about it. Looks like I got a little too comfy with the MSM line about Chaffee being a “moderate” Republican.