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Show Page CIO - THE DAILY HERALD, Provo, Utah, Sunday, November 6, 1994 Gender bender: White males flocking to Republican side grown steadily during President Clinton's administration and is spreading more and more into state and congressional politics, con- By JOHN KING AP Political Writer - WASHINGTON This year, it may well be the Democrats who suffer because of the gender gap. For years, that phrase has been used to describe the Democrats' advantage among women voters. But the party is suffering this year from a gender gap of another sort: tributing substantially to the Republican Party's midterm election opportunities. "It started with gays in the military at the start of the Clinton term and has just exploded as white men view this administration as big government, and higher taxes, and Republicans as on the right side," said GOP pollster Ed Goeas. At the House and state legislative level, the trend is extremely damaging to Democrats because of disthe creation of majority-blactricts designed to increase black representation. That has left many white Southern Democrats in dis the rush of white men into the Republican column. This trend, particularly in the South and in national elections, dates back three decades. But it has k Scouts tricts with only a small percentage of black voters. "The Republicans are big beneficiaries," said Emory University political scientist Merle Black. "In the days of George Wallace, white males were the most Democratic group in the South. Today they are the most long-ter- m Republican group." White men have grown more disaffected from the Democratic Party under Clinton because "he is defined by things like gays in the military and big government health care and his personal troubles," said Al From, president of the Democratic Leadership Council, a group Clinton led before running for president. as the campaign winds down, a major reason for a spate of abortion ads by Democratic candidates and the targeting of Clinton's campaigning to black audiences. A result of that strategy, however, is that Democrats are doing little overall to stop the hemorrhaging of white males to the Re- From pointed to a recent Los Angeles Times survey that found 20 percent of Americans who say they are not Republicans plan to vote for Republicans this year. "That group is predominantly male, white, middle income and moderate to conservative ideologically," he said. "You lose them and you become a 40 percent par-ty- Rep. Olympia Snowe, enjoys a lead among white men in her 30-poi- nt race against Democratic publicans. ." GOP Gov. John In Michigan, In 1992, national exit polls showed white men favored GOP House candidates by just a 51 percent to 49 percent margin. But several recent polls have suggested a Republican advantage of 10 points among white men when they are asked which party they plan to vote for in House elections this year. In Maine, a Republican woman, Making matters worse, Democrats are having a tough year with their traditional voters. Blacks as a group are apathetic about the elections, and a higher than average percentage of women are leaning Republican. So Democrats have no choice but to try to focus on those groups Engler leads 2-- 1 among white men, and Ohio GOP Gov. George Voinovich fares even better. Even in state legislative races "in places like Oregon, Ohio, Wisconsin and Florida" the Republican edge among white males generally is "10 percent to as high as 18 percent," said GOP pollster Glen Kristoffer Lyman Kristoffer J. Lyman, son of Brent and Susan Lyman of Spring Lake, earned the rank of Eagle Scout in May. For his project he painted the picnic tables around the lake at Spring Kristoffer Lyman Lake. Paul Jaeger Paul Jaeger, 15, son 1111 of Mr. and Mrs. Van Jaeger of Orem, will receive the rank of Eagle Scout today at6p.m. He is in Troop 568 sponsored by Northridge : 10th Ward. f For his project he passed out doPaul Jaeger nor cards for the Utah Coalition for organ, eye and tissue donations. BBS BS Benjamin Graham Benjamin Jay Graham, 15, son of Rodger and Kay Graham of Al- pine, received the rank of Eagle Scout on Nov. 4. He is in Troop 816 sponsored by the Alpine 2nd Ward. 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