Bixenspan’s retort was reminiscent of New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael’s (in)famous remark that she had no idea how Richard Nixon had won the presidency: “I don’t know anyone who voted for him!” Nixon in 1972 carried every state except Massachusetts, and tied for the largest popular vote in U.S. history (61%), and yet in many liberal neighborhoods in Eastern cities, his victory was utterly inexplicable.
