> From: d.brin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > My mail to Brin-L got bounced a couple of times recently. > > Here's one, answering "The Fool".... > > --- The Fool said: > > I don't think this squares with the fact that as> income levels rise, so > > does support for republicans, that urban populations> support democrats > > and rural populations support republicans or that> women overwhelmingly > > support democrats and men overwhelmingly support> republicans. I think > > the typical moveon supporter is poor, young, urban,> female or black. I > > think the typical Jebus-On-A-Stick supporter is poor > > or very rich, older,> rural, white male. > > > This is a myth of the right. In fact, GOP support > PEAKS at education levels just below a bachelor's > degree. As education rises further, support for the > Republican Party plummets. Higher education gives > people different, but even more compelling reasons to > care deeply about saving the future. > > Goppers dismiss this as the 'fuzzy-headed egghead > effect." But you and I know that ain't it. > > It is the reason why support for Bill Clinton was > astonishingly high among the US military's senior > officer class, while sergeants are overwhelmingly pro Bush.
Take a look at the most 'liberal' county in the U.S. It's in Iowa. It's a University town. It has the highest per capita of people with degrees at *all* levels. It has some of the best public schools in the country. It also has a higher per capita homosexual population. The Republicans Moved the capital away from this city (the rest of the state is rural, farmers, republicans). It's the technological corridor of the state. Angry bear has some interesting maps: <<http://angrybear.blogspot.com/fourmaps.html>> (I don't think the income level map hasn't been normalized to cost of living / housing levels in extremely urban areas). Most of the demographic info I've seen lately shows that as income rises so does support for republicans. The data also shows females support dems at about 55% to 34% repugs, while males are almost exactly reversed. Males are most likely to support dems when they are single, but when they get married they are most likely to support repugs. African Americans support dems at about 95% (because the repugs have become the party of the confederacy), and Latinos support dems at about 2/3 (minus Cubans). _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
