Gore is the candidate for whom a majority of American womanhood intends to vote. Women prefer Gore not for his character, but for his lack thereof. Gore promises to continue to absolve women from responsibility for unwanted pregnancy. If a carefree sexual life threatens a woman with motherhood, abort the baby and continue as usual. Gore also scores highly with the elderly, not because he is a person of character but because he fervently promises to pay their prescription bills with other people's money.
Some elderly people are quite poor.
However, the elderly as a class have more assets than the young who are paying the retired population's medical bills. In days gone by, character protected everyone. It protected children, who could play outside unsupervised, and who could go to school, ball games and Saturday afternoon movies by foot or bike without supervision and return safely. Character protected men from false accusations. It protected women from abuse, and families from dissolution.