Almost three of four black voters backed Mr. Clinton.

Seven in 10 homosexual and bisexual voters backed Mr. Clinton.

Still, even if the voters are angry, and even if they back Mr. Clinton in the district, the Siris campaign may well be quixotic.

Mr. Johnson, for one, was a major Republican contributor who backed Mr. Clinton.

The views of voters there have since become more moderate, and the district backed Mr. Clinton in 1996 after overwhelmingly rejecting him in 1992.

But her son, Christopher, who is 8 years old, backs Mr. Clinton.

To the contrary, 84 percent of those who backed Mr. Clinton, advertising himself as a centrist, also voted for a Democrat for the House.

Nearly half of the suburban voters backed Mr. Clinton, compared with about a third who were supporting Mr. Bush.

"I've said it from the beginning that I back Mr. Clinton," he told reporters.

Others, he said, were backing Mr. Clinton.