Demograpics and the Election

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Sign on San Diego; By John Marelius, Union-Tribune Staff Writer
Published September 18, 2008

From my understanding, demographics are certain groups of people. Demographics can divide a population into groups determined by factors such as location, race, sexual orientation, religion, income, and age. One question that I have about demographics is how they initially developed. It seems like they have always been a part of society, but I wonder if there were certain points in time when some of them became noticeable. I also wonder how politicians take them into account during their campaining, since I know they are extremely important to focus on.

The article I read talked about the current standing of California voters in regards to Proposition 8. If voted for, Proposition 8 would remove the new California law that allows same-sex marriage and revert it back to marriage only being between a man and woman. Proposition 8 reads exactly as follows:

"Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid and recognized in California."

Reading about this Proposition and reading this article made me wonder about the demographics in California. I think that this definately has an impact on voting in the election. People would want to know the views of both candidates and it could definately sway their vote in the election. I actaully don't know the stances of both the candidates when it comes gay marriage, but that is something I would definately reasearch further. It is something that relates extremely closely to demographics. Different demographics will probably have different votes on this Proposition and it will determine whether the law is able to stay the way it is or if the right is taken away.

^ A commercial encouraging people to vote no on Prop 8

^ A video encouraging people to vote yes on Prop 8