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Would raising education levels in the state make WV blue again or is this another example of correlation not meaning causation? Does the Democratic party need to do a better job of reaching out to voters at all levels?
That is very misleading. It creates the false impression that being liberal is somehow tied to intelligence and education. That is not the case at all. There are different types and levels of education. The majority of business graduates, for example, tend to be conservative and nobody with any knowledge of the system would suppose that a business degree is "easier" to obtain than a sociology degree. Lawyers are highly educated and they tend to break about 50-50 on the liberal - conservative scale.
The liberal arts types typically identify themselves as liberal. Many other disciplines have the opposite identity. Since liberal arts degrees might be considered as not as difficult to obtain than some of the others one might suppose, rightly or wrongly, that those voting "blue" as you put it are actually less educated. It just depends on your personal slant on things.
West Virginia's reputation as a "red" state is pretty recent. In the 17 presidential elections from 1932 through 1996, WV voted Republican only three times (Ike in 1956, Nixon in 1972, and Reagan in 1984). Yet in all that time, the "degrees-obtained" level of West Virginia has probably ranked about where it does today.
That is very misleading. It creates the false impression that being liberal is somehow tied to intelligence and education. That is not the case at all. There are different types and levels of education. The majority of business graduates, for example, tend to be conservative and nobody with any knowledge of the system would suppose that a business degree is "easier" to obtain than a sociology degree. Lawyers are highly educated and they tend to break about 50-50 on the liberal - conservative scale..
You might be surprised. I suspect that a high percentage of MBAs, particularly those living in more urban environments or who are women or a minority, vote blue. The Republican party tends to attract less educated, small town, small business people .
You might be surprised. I suspect that a high percentage of MBAs, particularly those living in more urban environments or who are women or a minority, vote blue. The Republican party tends to attract less educated, small town, small business people .
Wow, that's a lot of stereotypes for two sentences.
Would raising education levels in the state make WV blue again or is this another example of correlation not meaning causation? Does the Democratic party need to do a better job of reaching out to voters at all levels?
Looks to me like we are joining the south, we will be with Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia. Say goodbye to our independent thinking that we have always had.
Looks to me like we are joining the south, we will be with Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia. Say goodbye to our independent thinking that we have always had.
I think evangelical protestantism has brought y'all together.
You might be surprised. I suspect that a high percentage of MBAs, particularly those living in more urban environments or who are women or a minority, vote blue. The Republican party tends to attract less educated, small town, small business people .
I disagree. Although I am not a Republican, I believe they tend to attract more affluent and overall better educated types while the Democrats have a lot of folks with minimal education. There is also a bubble headed space cadet contingent of the Democrat party that tends to support everything left leaning because they themselves are totally isolated from the consequences of doing so. It's easy to criticize investors if you have an ivory tower liberal arts college job with tenure and won't get laid off if your community's factory closes, and if you live in a gated community protected from crime and your kids go to the private school that won't be over run with illegal aliens making special demands for services for which they pay little or nothing in taxes.
I think evangelical protestantism has brought y'all together.
Not all of us
But we do thank those who participated in the Forty Days of Prayer which just happened to end on Election Day. They prayed for the election to heal our country, but did not pray for a particular candidate. I guess God spoke and now they are all happy.
Wow, that's a lot of stereotypes for two sentences.
He's from Pittsburgh. Stereotyping is a way of life there... unless it applies to their monied gentry, then it is off limits. The town has a lot of offer to counterbalance its less desirable attributes, but open minds are in scarce supply there.
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