The IOOW-2000 research demonstrates that there are very few gender or age differences that relate to year 2000 voting, contrary to what the media reports based on traditional polling data. Indeed, we find some noticeable demographic patterns within The 8 American Types (such as gender, age, U.S. birthplace, income, etc.). Upon closer examination, however, traditional voting analyses lose almost all relevant meaning when compared to consciousness, values, beliefs and the typologies based on them. Unlike traditional political analyses, these typologies provide real ways to develop meaningful strategies that can help elevate and unify so that the whole of American society can truly be much greater than the sum of its parts.

In contrast to overly simple demographics (age, gender, party, and voting, etc.), The New America Papers, supported by the IOOW-2000 research data, offers a differing, values-based perspective.

A New Paradigm for Society

The prevalent paradigm to date defines success in terms of achieving and maintaining a position of superior domination. Hindsight shows that this is a costly approach in its social, economic, and environmental consequences. A cooperative model is proven to be a less costly approach all around and has the added benefit of attracting enormous goodwill.

At a global scale, cooperative, transnational initiatives and human and material resources once employed to dominate others and Nature can be transformed to redress planetary and social ecology in ways formerly thought to be impossible. As The New America Papers shows, it is possible (perhaps sooner than one may imagine) to implement national strategies capable of embracing the vast majority of Americans while involving those people who currently find very little to motivate them to vote or otherwise directly involve themselves in shaping society. Based on discernment with compassion, such strategies carried out in America (one of the most materially advanced nations) would provide a beacon of encouragement and inspiration for all humanity. It could even provide a basis for genuine cooperation among nations, rather than domination masquerading as cooperation.

This chart shows dramatic differences for voting likelihood in the 2000 election.