[dazzleman]

Originally Posted by BobNJ1960

I do think Lamont may be able to achieve what seemed to be Malloy's dream, get us dead last, 50th in Business Climate rankings. This came about over excessive state spending and taxation policies.

I do agree with the IF in the underlined statement you made.

I do think the Republicans need to change their nominating process. Stefanowski was an idiot candidate who got the nomination in a crowded field with barely a quarter of the primary vote. To have such a small number of voters effectively deciding the choices for the state is very unhealthy and has led to defeat over and over. I remember getting the advertising mailers during the primary, with each candidate trying to outdo the other in support of President Trump in a state where his approval rating is in the 30s. I knew it would be a disaster for the general election. And the fact that Stefanowski offered such an unrealistic platform really hurt his chances. That he did as well as he did was a testament to how unhappy many were and are with the status quo in this state. But the party still participated in offering the voters a lousy choice.

[ryanthegoldengod]

Originally Posted by dazzleman

You're right about social media. When it comes to politics, Facebook and to an even greater extent Twitter are a cancer. If only Twitter didn't exist at all, and people stuck to sharing pictures of their children and grandchildren (or even their drunken escapades) on Facebook. Things would be a lot better.

I have lost so much respect for a lot of people I know because I what I have seen them post and share on Facebook. I am not on Twitter and never will be.

Same. It's gotten to the point where I miss the days when I really had no idea what my acquaintances and even some of my friends' political leanings were. If you think differently from me I am happy to just not know. But that's almost not an option anymore. And it's changed our politics dramatically and I really don't see how we're ever going to go back to the way it was.

So many things that were not in the brochure they handed out in the 90's about the Information Superhighway that was going to make us all smarter and better people!

[dazzleman]

Originally Posted by ryanthegoldengod

Same. It's gotten to the point where I miss the days when I really had no idea what my acquaintances and even some of my friends' political leanings were. If you think differently from me I am happy to just not know. But that's almost not an option anymore. And it's changed our politics dramatically and I really don't see how we're ever going to go back to the way it was.

So many things that were not in the brochure they handed out in the 90's about the Information Superhighway that was going to make us all smarter and better people!

It has made us meaner and stupider. And nothing encourages more antisocial behavior than "social" media. A total misnomer.

[synchem]

Originally Posted by kidyankee764

You are both failing to acknowledge my point that the most uneducated group in CT votes Democrat. You can try to rebut this by giving national statistics on education within political parties overall, but it still does not change the fact that a massive chunk of the state’s Democrats are least educated, many of whom didn’t graduate high school. And a good number of the state’s republicans reside in the affluent suburbs.

What are you even talking about? That graph says that 40% of republican voters in CT have a HS diploma or less, while only 36% of democrat voters in CT have a HS diploma or less.

What does it matter than a lot of people in the cities are a congregation of people apart of that 36%. CT doesn't have an electoral college it's based on popular vote. There are more republicans part of that least educated group than democrats it's pretty clear. You can keep babbling about your elitist viewpoint that republicans are some Mensa level group but they are more likely to be less educated than democrats plain and simple.

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by synchem

What are you even talking about? That graph says that 40% of republican voters in CT have a HS diploma or less, while only 36% of democrat voters in CT have a HS diploma or less.

What does it matter than a lot of people in the cities are a congregation of people apart of that 36%. CT doesn't have an electoral college it's based on popular vote. There are more republicans part of that least educated group than democrats it's pretty clear. You can keep babbling about your elitist viewpoint that republicans are some Mensa level group but they are more likely to be less educated than democrats plain and simple.

Are you reading the progression of this discussion or ignoring the initial statements just to type a reply?

A poster inferred Republicans in CT were “dumb”. I responded by showing that the least educated in CT vote Democrat, which is a simple fact. Nowhere did I say Republicans are superior or more well educated overall.

You can lead a horse to water...

[synchem]

Originally Posted by kidyankee764

Are you reading the progression of this discussion or ignoring the initial statements just to type a reply?

A poster inferred Republicans in CT were “dumb”. I responded by showing that the least educated in CT vote Democrat, which is a simple fact. Nowhere did I say Republicans are superior or more well educated overall.

You can lead a horse to water...

The graph clearly states that in Connecticut those with a high school diploma or less are more likely to be republican/lean replublican than be democrat/lean democrat.

You didn't show that the least educated vote democrat, I showed the least educated are more likely to be republican.

[cttransplant85]

Originally Posted by synchem

The graph clearly states that in Connecticut those with a high school diploma or less are more likely to be republican/lean replublican than be democrat/lean democrat.

You didn't show that the least educated vote democrat, I showed the least educated are more likely to be republican.

The poverty vote is won overwhelmingly every year by Democrats. Clinton won the poverty vote in CT something like 7 to 1. Are we to believe that poor people are somehow more educated? Meanwhile the middle class, property/business owner vote was won by Trump. This theory that Republicans are the less educated ones makes no sense and flies in the face of common sense.

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by synchem

The graph clearly states that in Connecticut those with a high school diploma or less are more likely to be republican/lean replublican than be democrat/lean democrat.

You didn't show that the least educated vote democrat, I showed the least educated are more likely to be republican.

Because it’s common knowledge that the inner city extreme poor vote Democrat. They also happen to have the lowest high school graduation rates in the state. This isn’t new.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cou...outputType=amp

See the deepest blue? That would be our inner cities with demographics mirroring what I said above. Sure, someone with a Bachelor’s might vote Democrat, but to boast about how Democrats are so intelligent and Republicans are not, then to look at a map like I provided showing the three poorest cities overwhelmingly going blue, reeks of the very hypocrisy this nation is suffering from on both sides.

Originally Posted by cttransplant85

The poverty vote is won overwhelmingly every year by Democrats. Clinton won the poverty vote in CT something like 7 to 1. Are we to believe that poor people are somehow more educated? Meanwhile the middle class, property/business owner vote was won by Trump. This theory that Republicans are the less educated ones makes no sense and flies in the face of common sense.

Exactly. It’s crazy to me that this even needs to be spelled out.

[Stylo]

Originally Posted by kidyankee764

Because it’s common knowledge that the inner city extreme poor vote Democrat. They also happen to have the lowest high school graduation rates in the state. This isn’t new.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cou...outputType=amp

See the deepest blue? That would be our inner cities with demographics mirroring what I said above. Sure, someone with a Bachelor’s might vote Democrat, but to boast about how Democrats are so intelligent and Republicans are not, then to look at a map like I provided showing the three poorest cities overwhelmingly going blue, reeks of the very hypocrisy this nation is suffering from on both sides.



Exactly. It’s crazy to me that this even needs to be spelled out.

That's true, although voter turnout in those areas is usually very low. Don't underestimate the middle class to upper class urban vote.

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by Stylo

That's true, although voter turnout in those areas is usually very low. Don't underestimate the middle class to upper class urban vote.

That’s a good point, but I’d bet my entire savings those who skip the voting both in those cities would absolutely not vote Republican.