Interesting opinion Hugo of Democrats, studies show that the most wealthy and educated and the lowest classes vote Democrat and the middle class vote Republican. Source you ask??? My Policitcal Science text book so far, I'm about to write a paper that will touch on this so I will have to search out more sources.
We The People...an Introduction to American Politicis, copyright 2005Editor: Stephen Dunn
Editorial assistant: Kelly Rolf
I don't know the page number...you can trot down to the library and find that for yourself.
Alright, here we go. I believe the earlier discussion was about economics, education and political affiliation. Rather than being helpful and quoting where the information was coming from, Lethal find told me the name of the book and to look it up myself. Well, I am a bit competative, so I bought the book off of Amazon for two bucks.
We the People: An Introduction to American Politics, pages 347-349:
Household Income:__Republican_____Independant___Democrat
Under $20,000________24%___________38%_________38%
20,000-29,999________28%___________35%_________37%
30,000-49,999________29%___________36%_________35%
50,000 and over_______40%___________30%_________30%
"Upper-income Americans are considerably more likely to affiliate with the Republicans, whereas lower-income Americans are far more likely to identify with the Democrats. This divide is reflected by the differences between the two parties on economic issues. In general, the Republicans support cutting taxes and social spending - positions that reflect the interests of the weathly. The Democrats, however, favor increasing social spending, even if it requires increasing taxes - a position consistent with the interests of less-affluent Americans."
Education:_________Republican_____Independant_______Democrat
No college____________28%____________36%_____________36%
College incomplete_____36%____________32%_____________32%
College Graduate_______37%____________32%_____________31%
Post Graduate_________32%____________33%_____________35%
As you can see support for the Republican party increases until you get to post grad. Why? Here is a clue...
"One important exception to this principle is that relatively affluent individuals who work in the public sector or such related institutions as foundations and universities also tend to affiliate with the Democrats."
That's right. We all know that some of the most liberal teachers in the world are college Professors, and not one college professor is without a post graduate degree of some sort. Not that any of it seems to be that wide of a spread. It seems to indicate about 1/3 for each regardless of education.
Now, again I ask, which page did you get your information from, because I seem to be having a hard time finding the same ‘facts’ as you. Perhaps, if you just tell me what chapter it is in, then maybe I can find it…