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An organization called "Verdant labs" recently published a poll in which it analyses which field of work leads democrat or republican. The results in my view are more surprising and nuanced than I initially thought. Here's the link:
(And please analyse the results before posting on this thread)
When I look at the statistics a lot of things doesn't really makes sense to me. I'm no American myself, but you guys might provide some answers to my questions:
Why do bookkeepers, for example, leans towards Republicans while book sellers and book publishers are overwhelmingly democrat?
Why carpenters are more democrat whereas plumbers and lumberjacks are Republican?
Why Police officers tend to lean a little bit towards Democrats?! (That result was really surprising to me)
Some industries like oil, farming and trucking are extremely subsidized by the Federal government, whereas most Democratic professions like taxi drivers, yoga instructor, IT professional, bartender are very DIY entrepreneurial and pay way more taxes than get. Why's that?
I think that in the United States, most people vote more based on cultural identification as opposed to the more serious economic and social issues that really have an impact on them in their lives.
Plumbers, truckers and farmers tend to vote towards Republican because they're culturally conservative and are generally fond of the "tough guy" image that the Republican Party tends to capitalize, whereas teachers, scientists, IT professionals and Bar owners vote for Democrats because they're culturally liberal and they're all that "hipster" "new age" type of fellows in which the Democratic party tends to capitalize.
It's also very curious that in other countries, such as Scandinavian countries for example, oil workers, fishermen, hunters and farmers and blue-collar workers overall are overwhelmingly socialist and vote primarily on Socialist parties, whereas the most service-based and professional career people vote more on classical liberal (libertarian in US) or conservative parties.
What do you guys think of this, and can you answer my questions, please?
On the subject of Police Officers being Democrat I would say it is because they are government workers. They feel they get higher pay and better benefits especially in urban area's from the Dems.
On the subject of Police Officers being Democrat I would say it is because they are government workers. They feel they get higher pay and better benefits especially in urban area's from the Dems.
That makes sense, but it doesn't make sense on the part of construction workers and truck drivers being Republican though. As I said earlier in Scandinavian countries, blue-collar workers tend to lean left-wing, but it's not the case in US.
That makes sense, but it doesn't make sense on the part of construction workers and truck drivers being Republican though. As I said earlier in Scandinavian countries, blue-collar workers tend to lean left-wing, but it's not the case in US.
The respective parties have used advertising, identity politics and cultural wars to divide us along lines that don't make a lot of sense. If it were about self-interest, most of those who are one party or another would be aligned with the other side.
That makes sense, but it doesn't make sense on the part of construction workers and truck drivers being Republican though. As I said earlier in Scandinavian countries, blue-collar workers tend to lean left-wing, but it's not the case in US.
At one time the Teamsters Union dominated the trucking industry but that is no longer the case which is why they lean right. As far as construction workers I have no idea on the number of union versus non-union.
My profession would fall under sports and gaming in which your link says Democrat. As far as athletes are concerned I agree because of race. But the link says the results are based on campaign contributions. I always figured team owners who make huge contributions favor Republicans. Of course sports and gaming does include many other facets.
An organization called "Verdant labs" recently published a poll in which it analyses which field of work leads democrat or republican. The results in my view are more surprising and nuanced than I initially thought.
What do you guys think of this, and can you answer my questions, please?
The web site is very short on details. But given that their source of data is the FEC campaign contributions, it could be quite useless.
Also, I suspect that very few plumbers, etc., contribute to political candidates.
I think that in the United States, most people vote more based on cultural identification as opposed to the more serious economic and social issues that really have an impact on them in their lives.
Why Police officers tend to lean a little bit towards Democrats?! (That result was really surprising to me)
It shouldn't be. They understand that they benefit significantly from progressive leftist Big Government hyper-state.
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Originally Posted by robto
Some industries like oil, farming and trucking are extremely subsidized by the Federal government, whereas most Democratic professions like taxi drivers, yoga instructor, IT professional, bartender are very DIY entrepreneurial and pay way more taxes than get. Why's that?
Trucking pays enormous amounts in toll and gasoline taxes. Oil pays in leases.
All of the above operate and benefit on so-called "subsidized" thoroughfares. The progressive left thinks the "subsidized roads" meme is a new ploy for it until it's reminded that yoga instructors, and their students, also get to happy hours and to their studios on them with ease.
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