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Exactly. A very important point is that those with Bachelor's degrees (but no education beyond a Bachelor's degree) are the most likely to vote Republican.
High school dropouts are the most likely to vote Democrat. However, those with postgraduate education are also more likely to vote Democrat than the electorate as a whole.
I'm super tired, but amm I reading the CNN demographics correctly or does it show that those with Bachelor's degrees were also more likely to vote for Democrats? 53% of that group voted for Obama vs. 45% for McCain.
I'm super tired, but amm I reading the CNN demographics correctly or does it show that those with Bachelor's degrees were also more likely to vote for Democrats? 53% of that group voted for Obama vs. 45% for McCain.
No...that's college graduates as a whole, which would include those with advanced degrees. College graduates as a whole (including those with advanced degrees) vs. non-college graduates as a whole are almost equally likely to vote Democrat or Republican.
See where they break it down further. Obama won those with Bachelor's degrees in 2008, but only by 2 points. He won overall by 7 points.
Those with Bachelor's degrees voted strongly Republican in 2010, more strongly than the other groups that voted Republican. Notice that I also posted a link to CNN's 2010 national House exit poll.
I don't think America's moving toward liberalism either. America has always been suspicious of government, and that's not always a bad thing. But the thing is, America is a center right country, but the Republicans are led by the Far Right. A lot more people would be willing to give the GOP a shot at the presidency, but the face the GOP presents is waaaay too far out for mainstream Americans.
Americans want solutions: The GOP is driven by rabid extremists who want radical change, which Americans don't want. At the end of the day, we are a pragmatic people.
It is not so much that America is moving toward liberalism, it is their indifference toward it that allows it to grow.
No. They're one of many groups that make up the Democratic coalition. But most people who have advanced degrees do tend to vote Democrat, as afoigrokerkok said. I do think that there are more "constituencies" among the Democrats than there are the Republicans. It doesn't mean the Democrats have more supporters, but a bigger variety of groups.
Why not? You said the core constituency are white males without advance degrees. I showed you that, just in one little family, you were wrong. It's okay. Maybe you can change your statement to say that the GOP has some white males without advanced degrees.
it has them, they just aren't the core constitutency.
My mother is a Republican with an advanced degree, she is a white woman, and she's pretty disgusted with all politicians right about now. They're not pandering to her demographic group.
I wonder if it has to do with the command and control, fascist style leadership of the party lately by the far right. You would think there would be some soul searching after Bush II, but it is all about sticking to the message. Free thinking is not allowed. Romney is scared to death of the Tea Party types, who spew the party line, incessantly, unburdened by common sense or truth.
No. They're one of many groups that make up the Democratic coalition. But most people who have advanced degrees do tend to vote Democrat, as afoigrokerkok said. I do think that there are more "constituencies" among the Democrats than there are the Republicans. It doesn't mean the Democrats have more supporters, but a bigger variety of groups.
My thinking is that the Democrats are basically a coalition of different specific groups. I am not saying that's necessarily a bad thing. I'm just stating my perception.
As far as education and party identification/voting patterns, it would be interesting to see it broken down by major/area of degree among voters with both undergraduate and graduate degrees. I'm assuming you would find a lot more people with MBA's who are voting Republican than people with Bachelor's degrees in social work (though it would be more because of their careers than their education itself).
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That being said, I do not like the loony social conservatives.
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