Did Gore underestimate how much voters cared about abortion?

[darklordoftech]

It seems to me that Gore picked Lieberman thinking that "moral" voters feared video games and Marilyn Manson and that they would vote for a ticket with First Lady Tipper and VP Lieberman to get restrictions enacted, failing to realize that most, if not all, "moral" voters were (and still are) single-issue voters on abortion.

[Sumner 1868]

He underestimated how many white Democrats owned guns.

[darklordoftech]

He underestimated how many white Democrats owned guns.

The Assault Weapon Ban didn't seem to hurt Clinton too much in 1996.

[SingingAnalyst]

He underestimated the loyalty of white "born-again Christians" (a term used by Carter in his 1976 campaign) to the GOP, at least at the Presidential level. That includes, but is not limited to, an opposition to abortion; it also includes the sense among many white Evangelicals that the US is a "Christian (Protestant) nation" and that, while they may have felt no personal animus toward Lieberman, they may have balked at making him VP, frankly (and sadly) because of his religion.

Bush carried white evangelicals 80-18, while Gore actually won Catholics 50-47, the only time since 1968 that Catholics have voted with the national loser.

[Sumner 1868]

He underestimated how many white Democrats owned guns.

The Assault Weapon Ban didn't seem to hurt Clinton too much in 1996.

That's because he didn't promise any further gun control measures until Columbine. In 1996, the gun issue was put back on the shelf as issue like education and Medicare gained attention.

[darklordoftech]

it also includes the sense among many white Evangelicals that the US is a "Christian (Protestant) nation" and that, while they may have felt no personal animus toward Lieberman, they may have balked at making him VP, frankly (and sadly) because of his religion.

So the alt-right was always there...

[RINO Tom]

it also includes the sense among many white Evangelicals that the US is a "Christian (Protestant) nation" and that, while they may have felt no personal animus toward Lieberman, they may have balked at making him VP, frankly (and sadly) because of his religion.

So the alt-right was always there...

How does "Evangelical Protestants believe the US is a Christian nation" equal "Alt-Right" to you?  LOL.

[darklordoftech]

it also includes the sense among many white Evangelicals that the US is a "Christian (Protestant) nation" and that, while they may have felt no personal animus toward Lieberman, they may have balked at making him VP, frankly (and sadly) because of his religion.

So the alt-right was always there...

How does "Evangelical Protestants believe the US is a Christian nation" equal "Alt-Right" to you?  LOL.

I responding to the part that said, "they may have balked at making him VP, frankly (and sadly) because of his religion".

[OSR stands with Israel]

He underestimated how many white Democrats owned guns.

The Assault Weapon Ban didn't seem to hurt Clinton too much in 1996.

Clinton also won nationally by 8.5% and the only Southern States he out performed his national % was AR, LA and WV.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

it also includes the sense among many white Evangelicals that the US is a "Christian (Protestant) nation" and that, while they may have felt no personal animus toward Lieberman, they may have balked at making him VP, frankly (and sadly) because of his religion.

So the alt-right was always there...

How does "Evangelical Protestants believe the US is a Christian nation" equal "Alt-Right" to you?  LOL.

I responding to the part that said, "they may have balked at making him VP, frankly (and sadly) because of his religion".

That is far more a religious issue than an ethnic one.