Read the following piece from the New York Times from Bill Keller about demographics and political party support.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/17/opinion/keller-the-grand-old-straight-white-mens-party.html?_r=1&ref=opinion
Write a two paragraph summary of the article and answer the following questions.
1. What demographics does Keller associate with the Democratic Party?
2. What demographics does Keller associate with the Republican party?
3. What does he mean by the term "bellwether"? (You may have to google it.)
4. What happened to the campaigns of the state senators who voted in favor of homosexual marriage rights?
5. How is the leadership of the New York Repubican Party different than that of the Republican National Committee?
6. What does he mean by calling the same-sex marriage issue a distraction?
7. Why does Keller claim that the state senate candidates changed their position on same sex marriage?
8. As the elections approach, why would these candidates begin to move "toward the center"?
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