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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?
In my experience undereducated people, welfare people & the dregs of society all vote Democrat. I guess mostly because democrats support the programs that help the lazy folks get by without working for a living.
Dont know where you can find reliable data on it, though.
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.
wait, I thought we were all ivy league elitists...
And why are you fixated on only high school drop outs? Then, would it be equally logical to focus only on the most learned of all groups (Grad and Post Grad which vote overwhelmingly democratic)? I thought the idea was to understand how the educated vote. So we should be looking at full spectrum of voters. Besides, I see no point in eliminating voter group younger than 25.
The Gallup Poll provided a pretty comprehensive look at what you were looking for, and it is from the latest election (D: Blue, R: Red)
Sub-High School: 51% 49% (Currently in High School or Drop Outs)
High School: 47% 53% (Finished High School, no College)
Some College: 52% 48% (Currently in College or Drop Outs)
College: 55% 45%
Grad School: 67% 33%
Post Grad School: 65% 35%
I would say, people with some high school and some college only slightly voted more democratic. People with just high school diploma gave an edge to the republican ticket. College and above has significant number of democratic voters.
Einstein's Ghost, You are factually mistaken. You claim that Obama only won the "Sub-High School" amount by a 2% margin. This is not true. Read your own link again carefully. Obama won the "High School AND less" vote by 2%. This includes people with a high school degree and no college along with the drop outs.
Obama in fact won the high school drop out vote by a 28% margin in 2008 and a 29% margin in 2012.
Einstein's Ghost, You are factually mistaken. You claim that Obama only won the "Sub-High School" amount by a 2% margin. This is not true. Read your own link again carefully. Obama won the "High School AND less" vote by 2%. This includes people with a high school degree and no college along with the drop outs.
Obama in fact won the high school drop out vote by a 28% margin in 2008 and a 29% margin in 2012.
If you read the Gallup link, you'll see that Gallup's results are presented poorly and in a way that is easy to misinterpret; for one thing they conflated "high school grad" and "did not compete high school".
The uneducated are not unwise. They often have much more
common sense than the educated.
Mis-education is worse than less education, and mis-education
is more dangerous than low education.
The uneducated are not unwise. They often have much more
common sense than the educated.
Mis-education is worse than less education, and mis-education
is more dangerous than low education.
It takes little common sense to have your hand out for your entire life.
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?
whether or not the undereducated vote for the republicans or the democrats, they vote for the same party.
as both of those parties shall always vote for more government.
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