ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER: SOCCER MOM? That’s what PoliPundit says:
Your prototypical Soccer Mom isn’t a hate-the-greedy-corporations Democrat. Heck, her husband is probably a middle manager at Procter & Gamble. She’s a “fiscal conservative,” in the sense that she doesn’t want more taxes and regulation. She doesn’t like affirmative action either, since it goes against her sense of fairness and threatens her childrens’ future.
On the other hand, she doesn’t want to be seen as a meanie. She thinks Republicans are too hard-edged on some issues. She wishes they were more “tolerant” of minority groups like gays and blacks. She’s pro-choice, although she doesn’t want abortion to be a widespread practice. She is, of course, an “environmentalist.” And she’s not averse to Big Government programs like Medicare and Social Security. An easy way to win her vote is to claim that some big-spending entitlement is “for the children.” She doesn’t see why ordinary people need assault rifles, but she can see why pilots should have pistols.
Now look at Arnold’s stated beliefs – vague as they are – and see how they dovetail nicely with Soccer Mom values.
Democrats, PoliPundit concludes, “should be scared.”