Old Oligarch plays with the implications of the possible readings of
last week's poll relating marital status and voting preferences, in which it is revealed that single woman support Kerry nearly 2 to 1. I heard this poll being discussed last week on the radio. It's nothing short of shocking; we all could have guessed there was a gap, but no one could have guessed it was
that glaringly huge. As I heard the numbers, numerous explanations ran through my head, some of them more plausible than others. There's certainly not one looming explanation which fully justistifies the gap; it's more than likely a combination of countless smaller factors. But O.O.'s unearthing of an 'Amazonian' subculture (which conjures up images of
Xena, Warrior Princess and her hordes of thong-girded amazons marauding through Times Square) is the most likely to give me very interesting nightmares tonight.