----- Original Message ----- From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 1:40 PM Subject: Re: Brin: resuming politics
> > 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 most definitive source I've seen is: http://www.udel.edu/poscir/road/course/exitpollsindex.html The income dependance is there but the advantage Bush had with incomes > 100k is less than the he had with those who are married with children. Also, as Gautam has pointed out, the biggest factor is "do you go to church regularly?" Education can be seen to be a mixed bag, with Gore having majorities in the No HS degree, and graduate degree groups, and Bush having a majority for HS, some college, and college but not post-grad. Dan M. >The data also shows females support > dems at about 55% to 34% repugs, while males are almost exactly reversed. Bush won men 53% to 42%, Gore won women 54% to 43%. More men (3%) voted for Nader than women (2%) Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
