Posted on 11/14/2008 7:56:33 AM PST by SmithL
For all the talk of San Francisco values, a Chronicle analysis of how the city voted on the state's same-sex marriage ban shows a city geographically divided on the issue - and voting trends that turn San Francisco's typical political spectrum on its head.
One in 4 San Franciscans voted in favor of Proposition 8, far fewer than the 52 percent who voted to ban same-sex marriage statewide. But a closer look shows race, age and education influenced voters more than anything else - even among those living in one of the world's most gay-friendly cities.
Voters in 54 of San Francisco's 580 precincts supported the ban, with a high of 65 percent of voters favoring it in parts of Chinatown and downtown. More than half of voters in large swaths of Bayview-Hunters Point, Visitacion Valley, the Excelsior and areas around Lake Merced also voted to ban same-sex marriage.
Neighborhoods including the Marina, Laurel Heights and Mission Bay - which almost always vote more conservatively than neighborhoods such as Bayview and Chinatown - voted overwhelmingly against Prop. 8.
"With the racial and religious overprint that we're seeing, the standard San Francisco politics get thrown out the window on this one," said political consultant David Latterman, who further crunched the precinct-by-precinct voting results that The Chronicle obtained this week from the Department of Elections.
"This issue is very separate from what we usually think of as liberal and conservative," he said.
Latterman said the issue played out in San Francisco the same way it plays out everywhere else: Race, age and education were big influences in one's vote on Prop. 8. Latterman did not factor in religion, but exit polls throughout California showed a strong church affiliation correlated with a vote in favor of the ban among all racial groups.
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I hear the people who are attracted to animals - and “remember those feelings even when they were children” also want to get married to their pets.
They resent that other people can marry the one’s they love and put them on their job’s group health insurance, but people in love with their goats can’t do that. It’s NOT fair.
It’s a civil rights issue.
Why can’t goat lovers have the same benefits as other’s in love?
If Martin Luther King fought to overcome hatred then people should overcome hatred about people who want to marry their goat. It’s the same, right?
I guess the Mormons are easier targets than the downtown and Chinatown crowds.
You’d think the “Majority ‘No’ Precincts” would be colored pinkest.
But then, libtard states are colored blue, not red. Go figure.
Those dark pink precincts on Market Street are interesting. That’s the financial district - the only people who live there live in million-dollar condos - unless of course, the homeless vote there, since there’s so many of them around.
Actually, no. The goat can't wear a wedding ring.
See? I fixed it for you. :-)
Those dark pink precincts on Market Street are interesting. That’s the financial district - the only people who live there live in million-dollar condos - unless of course, the homeless vote there, since there’s so many of them around.
Unsure about the Soma vote, but Chinatown (heavy traditional Oriental region) and Visitacion Valley (heavy traditional Hispanic region) voting as they did make perfect sense to anyone but your “Blame America First” gang who see racism and bigotry under every rock.
Nah, it must be the Mormons and other right-wing religious Xtremists who voted unilaterally against “them homos”.
Now you know what parts of the place to stay out of, should you be crazy enough to go there at all.
What’s wrong with the tail???? LOL
That would be the A.C.O.R.N. vote!
And, studies are coming proving they were born that way!
Now they know which precincts to go after.
zoophilia is not the next great frontier for the left.
Pedophilia is.
They’re after your kids.
Those religious Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians will form the core of the new Republican Party once they understand the Rats are not really their friends.
How did it play in Compton(Oakland)?
Everyone would be kung fu fighting...
Why is the zoo orange on the map? Did the monkeys, zebras, and elephants vote against gay marriage?
Liberal Republicans are always lecturing us about the need to "broaden the base" of the GOP. However, Proposition Eight shows that it may be possible for the Republicans to broaden its base among previously Democratic constituencies without sacrificing conservative values.
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