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Mystery Sex

Today at Best of the Web, James Taranto notes that Maureen Dowd has identified a "mystery sex" in American politics. Here's Dowd:

The latest CBS News poll shows that among George W. Bush supporters, 51 percent are men and 48 percent are women--and of John Kerry supporters, 41 percent are men and 43 percent are women. . . . In the last election, out of those who voted for Al Gore, 42 percent were men and 54 percent were women. Of the people who voted for George W. Bush, 53 percent were men and 43 percent were women.

And Taranto:

This means that, if Dowd is right, 16% of Kerry supporters are neither men nor women. What are they? Perhaps she'll explain in a future column. But also note that only 1% of Bush's supporters belong to the mysterious third sex, down from 4% in 2000. If there really are voters who belong to neither sex, this could spell trouble for the incumbent.

And all along I thought mystery sex was when you woke up the next morning, looked at the stranger lieing next to you, and decided it's a mystery how or why it happened.

Posted by Peter at September 16, 2004 06:09 PM