Does conservative = have and Liberal =have not?

Question

Are conservatives generally above the poverty line and liberals generally blow the poverty line?

Ideology does not cause poverty but does poverty cause ideology?

Answer 1

All 435 congressional districts in the country (districts used for electing the 435 members of the House) have been calculated by the Census Bureau for median household income.

Out of all 435 districts, the one with the lowest median household income is New York's 16th district. And that one is also the one that has been giving Democrat nominees for President their highest percentages -- better than 90% most of the time.

But the district with the SECOND lowest income is Kentucky's 5th district, which is a predominantly Republican district. It usually votes Republican for President and it has been represented by Republicans in the House for many decades (currently Harold Rogers).

The district with the highest median household income is Virginia's 11th district, which is quite evenly divided (voted for Bush by a margin of only 1%). The second highest district in the country is New Jersey's 11th district, which is predominantly Republican (voted 57% for Bush). Both districts elect MODERATE Republicans to the House.

Many of the wealthiest districts in California are the heavily Democrat districts in the Bay area -- especially "the silicon valley." The top 2 districts in California, wealth-wise, the 14th and 15th districts, are both very heavily Democrat. The 14th district voted 68% for Kerry and the 15th voted 63% for him.

Within Kansas, the district with the lowest median income is the most heavily Republican district and the one with the highest income is the least Republican.

Answer 2

Poverty is not ideological.

Edit: To respond to your additional comment, I will expand on my point.

Ideological debates take place mostly among people who are well off. Look at the news; everyone who has a platform, regardless of their beliefs, are well-off. The Liberal position claims to represent the have-nots, but most ideological liberals are not actually among the have-nots. The poor are effectively disenfranchised by the entire system and thus we cannot truly define them as part of the conservative-liberal debate; they do not engage in this debate as they are too busy just trying to survive.

None of this is to say that no poor people are ideological; we can certainly find examples of that. The best generalization I think we can make is that urban poverty tends towards liberalism, while rural poverty tends towards conservatism. This, in a way, proves my initial statement because we can also generalize that urban areas, as a whole, are more liberal and rural areas are more conservative. What I think this implies is that one's ideology stands outside of one's economic conditions and likely has more to do with the social environment of the place in which one is raised.

Answer 3

No. I know conservatives who are below the poverty line and liberals who are above the poverty line. Although it can certainly be the other way around.

Answer 4

On the contrary, those below the poverty line are usually conservatives. It's a fact that the most poverty occurs in the reddest counties of the reddest states.

Answer 5

not necessarily, I think more people who make living on welfare thier way of life vote democrat because they don't want their check to go away. So maybe it's kind of true. But it's by individual choice not because of idiology. Democrats tend to believe the world (government) owes them a living while republicans tend to believe that haveing the freedom to work hard for what they earn should be theirs and not something the government takes away to distribute to the poor through government programs. Some think that is selfish but I don't.

Answer 6

No. Ever hear the term Limousine Liberal?

Answer 7

90 percents of celebs r liberals
all or most trailer trash red necks r republican
90 of people in military (not accepted by college) are republicans
i think bill gates is also liberal, so is ophran.

Answer 8

All the big S.U.V's I see going down the road have Save our planet/stop global warming bumper stickers.

Answer 9

Actually, conservatives are more likely below the INTELLIGENCE line.

Answer 10

conservative = trailer park denizen

liberal = the boss of you