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I noticed there is a ton of data on high level of education and political party affliliation (Democrat) but I'm having trouble finding data that says which political party gets the vote of people who didn't graduate from high school.
Why is that? See, I think it's the same political party. Can someone point me to reliable data that says which party gets the vote of high school dropouts?
Probably democrats since many of these highschool dropouts end up on welfare and or a life of crime. Democrats are usually easier on criminals since it isn't their fault they're a criminal,...it's society's fault so they should be talked to and let free.
I noticed there is a ton of data on high level of education and political party affliliation (Democrat) but I'm having trouble finding data that says which political party gets the vote of people who didn't graduate from high school.
Why is that? See, I think it's the same political party. Can someone point me to reliable data that says which party gets the vote of high school dropouts?
Also, going to college doesn't always mean one is intelligent. I've met some very stupid college graduates in my line of work. Ever see Jay Leno's segment where he ask college students questions on the street? It's horrible.
I've seen data floating around to suggest that Democrats carry a higher share of both those who didn't finish high school AND those who have graduate degrees. Interesting coalition.
However, to say that one party has a monopoly on the support of the uneducated is underestimating just how many folks in this country could've stood to pay a little more attention in class.
I noticed there is a ton of data on high level of education and political party affliliation (Democrat) but I'm having trouble finding data that says which political party gets the vote of people who didn't graduate from high school.
Why is that? See, I think it's the same political party. Can someone point me to reliable data that says which party gets the vote of high school dropouts?
That's an easy one. Since you are the Party of Stupid Dated Ideologies and the Party with all the Wackjobs case in point Michelle Bachmann I would have to say without a doubt that it is the Grand Obstructionist Party
I've also known some high school dropouts who excelled after leaving high school. One I knew personally was a farmer. Though he couldn't grasp algebra he could perform soil chemical analysis, operate and repair combine tractors, and tell you which chemicals that need to be added to the soil and how much for each of his crops. I graduated high school but I can't grow my own food.
There have been many, many studies on this and the break down is like this. Most of the uneducated (what politicians euphemistically call "low information voters") people end up in the Republican Party because they like that party's stance on wedge social issues. Things like abortion, guns, non-white immigrants, gays, and all that; which explains why every election Republicans try to trump up a new wedge issue. There just aren't enough millionaires to win an election so they try to pump religion and wedge issues to get dumb ass making $25,000 a year in Tennessee to vote against his own self interest because he's so fired up about fake culture war issues.
Statically speaking the better educated a person is the more likely they are to be a member of the Democratic Party and the less educated they are the more likely they are to vote with the guns and jesus crowd in the Republican Party. The main exception to this is blacks who tend to vote Democratic overwhelmingly no matter their income or education level and when pollsters ask them why blacks overwelmingly say because it is because they see the Republicans as a racist old white man's party. I can't say they are wrong.
The pollsters and big wigs in both parties know this and that's why they frame their platforms the way they do.
There have been many, many studies on this and the break down is like this. Most of the uneducated (what politicians euphemistically call "low information voters") people end up in the Republican Party because they like that party's stance on wedge social issues. Things like abortion, guns, non-white immigrants, gays, and all that; which explains why every election Republicans try to trump up a new wedge issue. There just aren't enough millionaires to win an election so they try to pump religion and wedge issues to get dumb ass making $25,000 a year in Tennessee to vote against his own self interest because he's so fired up about fake culture war issues.
Statically speaking the better educated a person is the more likely they are to be a member of the Democratic Party and the less educated they are the more likely they are to vote with the guns and jesus crowd in the Republican Party. The main exception to this is blacks who tend to vote Democratic overwhelmingly no matter their income or education level and when pollsters ask them why blacks overwelmingly say because it is because they see the Republicans as a racist old white man's party. I can't say they are wrong.
The pollsters and big wigs in both parties know this and that's why they frame their platforms the way they do.
wow, so many stereo types in one post. How do you go through life being such a bigot?
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