Well, the professions are usually the exception to the rule as far as education equalling liberal ( medicine and law). But the studies I've seen clearly illustrate the left-leaning trend the farther you go up the educational tree. Here's an interesting question, in terms of geo-political trends; are people more or less educate in the Middle America region of the country dominated by the Republicans, or in the regions held by the Dems ( North East, West, coast, etc.)? Anyone know?
Good point. If we can burn an hour a day yipping into the void that is D&D, we're probably going to have the luxury of being more politically engaged than those who have to actually work for a living.
LOL... I would agree with this poll due to the fact that to have access, one has to afford a computer, provider, etc... Also, once people have a job and have taxes taken out, they have a vested interest in understanding and knowing the issues and where our taxes are being spent...Hence, once they achieve this understanding, they have no choice than to come to the good guys side, Republican...
It can be summed up in this way. My wife went to visit a friend while she was in graduate school. Her friends dad asked if she was a Dem or Repub. She said Democrat. He said, "Ya, I was a democrat when I was in Graduate school also... then I got rich and turned into a republican." To which my wife replied "I hope to be a Republican one day too."
I read that the group most likely to be Republican (education wise) are those with undergraduate degrees. Those with no college education are generally going to be Dems because they have blue collar jobs, while those with graduate degrees are most commonly going to be in the ivory tower of academia (see MacBeth ). The regular college grads are the ones out there working in business and engineering, and they are typically Republican voters (especially in engineering).
MacBeth and Sir Jackie Chiles, can't you conduct your ridiculous pissing contests be email? You're stupid conversations are annoying, cumbersome and a waste of bandwidth. Better yet, each of you put the other on your respective Ignore Lists (and no peeking!). I tried to find stats on the web, but it's hard searching for that sort of thing -- and you likely can't fully trust whatever you find anyway since both parties would like to claim the "more educated" label. My feeling is that SM here is likely right though -- the poorly educated and the highly educated lean left and those in the middle lean right, with plenty of room for exceptions of course.
The education question's irrelevant. As bamaslammer would tell you, regardless of education, dumbass pansy poopoo heads who wouldn't know their balls from a hole in your ass (if they had balls, which they DON'T!) lean left. Real Americans lean right.
Were you beaten as a child? Just wondering. You are one angry little leftist SOB. Most PhDs (piled higher and deeper) tend to be leftist, especially in the liberal arts disciplines. But most people who make money (I'm generalizing here) tend to vote Republican. Funny though that most voters who lacked a h/s education voted for Gore. So BJ, I guess you are the correct side for your intelligence level.
Zogby poll: Kerry leads Bush head to head 48% to 46% It's still more than seven months until the presidential election, and President Bush and John Kerry are neck and neck in a new poll. The latest Zogby poll shows Americans are almost evenly divided in their support for a candidate. The poll shows Massachusetts Senator John Kerry leading President Bush 48 to 46 percent among likely voters. That leaves five percent undecided. When independent candidate Ralph Nader is added, the poll shows Kerry and Bush tied at 46 percent, followed by Nader at three percent with five percent still undecided. In so-called "Blue States," states won by then Democratic Presidential Nominee Al Gore in 2000, Kerry is favored 56 percent to 38 percent over the president with four percent undecided. In states George W. Bush won in 2000, he's favored by 53 percent to 40 percent with six percent undecided. The president leads among responders when pollsters ask which of the two men they'd rather have in office in the event of a terror attack. Fifty-one percent of responders would rather have Bush in office, compared to 40 percent for Kerry and six percent undecided. The poll's margin of error is +/-3.1 percent. It was conducted March 17th through March 19th http://www.zogby.com/Soundbites/ReadClips.dbm?ID=7884
