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Because American professors especially those in social sciences are all liberals.
Their students are trained to be liberals too.
Thre are some exceptions, of course. One professor in my university once said in class that Muslims in the US should conform to American culture, otherwise they can leave. As you can imagine he was crticized and forced to apologize. I am not saying he was right, but it shows conservatives have a hard time in college.
Another anthropology professor said there should be no race in America and refused to report her and her son's "race" for some paperwork and caused some trouble. She is actually Jewish but is against religion.
I am not religious, but I am socially conservative. Many people are just like me. and neither party represents our ideology.
There are some exceptions, of course. One professor in my university once said in class that Muslims in the US should conform to American culture, otherwise they can leave. As you can imagine he was criticized and forced to apologize. I am not saying he was right, but it shows conservatives have a hard time in college.
Exactly, it's the sheep mentality....in a world where wolves survive.
Perhaps due to the level of education in New England? Perhaps because there is little evangelical tradition and demonization of gays? Perhaps because there is respect for science?
Connecticut doesn't have rural areas, it is one huge bedroom community.
Like most states MN goes democrat because of Minneapolis which overwhelmingly votes democrat like most urban areas. You're also the state who voted Jessie Ventura governor, so much for intelligence.
MN is a top 5 state in the US in education right up there with CT and MA.
All this higher education mumbo jumbo is a nice lie.
Truth is, most level-headed folks know that:
1) the world is more than 7,000 years old.
2) tax cuts for billionaires don't "trickle down"
3) religious intolerance and theocracy was dismissed by this country centuries ago
4) folks of all colors are equally "American:
5) partisan media is hog ****e
6) there is more that is valuable in this world than profit
7) the free market will never work FOR people or the environment
8) televangelists don't have your best interests in mind
9) atmospheric physics is not a leftist plot
10) you can't shrink a deficit and grow and economy through tax cuts alone
11) Etc,etc,etc.
You don't need to go to college to learn this stuff, it is just common sense. Reality just has a stronger presence in New England than in the bible belt.
I don't see New England as always going left, but it is usually center-left. A sensible place to be.
I'm sorry but you are wrong.
Most New Englanders self describe as conservative.
I am amused by many poster's misunderstanding of what it means to by a YANKEE.
The primary characteristic of a Yanke is accurate observation and realistic expectations. In addition there is planning and commonsense. All of these were taught to many generations of Yankees by the experience of Winter. Winter requires planning, savings, and delayed satisfaction. It once enforced isolation and a need for self control. I also allows people to be complete individuals as well as keeping watch for your neighbors.
I do not care about your religion, sex life or even how much money you have stashed away. Those are private matters and yours, not mine.
In most of the country, areas that are rural and heavily white tend to vote Republican. What is different about rural New England that makes most people there vote for Democrats? It's certainly an interesting political outlier.
new england is not really "rural" in the sense that I think of it. if you live in a small community of houses and shops, surrounded by non-agricultural conservation land, in my view that's more of a gentrified small-town urban environment.
"Rural America", in my view, shows the pattern of individual homesteads living far away from one another.
That said, I would say the following groups tend toward voting Republican:
- Whites who live near a black 'underclass'
- Anyone who farms row crops
- Anyone who mines
- Anyone who lives on a homestead, isolated from "community life."
- Anyone who lives far away from a major city.
new england is not really "rural" in the sense that I think of it. if you live in a small community of houses and shops, surrounded by non-agricultural conservation land, in my view that's more of a gentrified small-town urban environment.
"Rural America", in my view, shows the pattern of individual homesteads living far away from one another.
That said, I would say the following groups tend toward voting Republican:
- Whites who live near a black 'underclass'
- Anyone who farms row crops
- Anyone who mines
- Anyone who lives on a homestead, isolated from "community life."
- Anyone who lives far away from a major city.
New England doesn't fit any of these patterns.
Pretty good summation, I would add though that almost half of the wealthiest communities here in Massachusetts voted Republican.
Last edited by Mr. Joshua; 12-17-2012 at 07:51 AM..
Republicans tend to appeal to the religious. New England is not very religious (by American standards).
I guess the pilgrims were not religious after all.
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