About 43 percent of the voters voted for Democrats in 2000.

If she can turn out young people to vote for Democrats, all the better.

Professionals, mostly these knowledge workers, tend to vote for Democrats.

Though the message does not support any candidate, blacks historically have voted for Democrats 80 percent or more of the time.

Many freedmen stopped voting from fear, and others voted for Democrats under pressure.

Lily said it would depend, that she voted for Democrats only, in respect to the memory of her father.

As you note, these people are often the poor, the black and the elderly, who historically vote for Democrats.

Among voters earning less than $15,000 per year, 62 percent voted for Democrats.

But almost as many voters said their standard of living was getting better, and most said they had voted for Democrats.

Both said they had voted for Democrats in the past and would continue to do so in the future.