What is the average liberal like? Do most of them have low paying jobs?

Question

Most of the people I hang with are all college degreed engineers, chemists or IT professionals. Probably 50% are ex-military. Everybody busts their *** at work then goes home to a traditional home life with 2 parents, children, a dog, etc. Probably 99% are repubs and of them probably 75% are conservatives. I only know one or 2 libs out of all of them. So this is my picture of Repubs and conservatives...libs i am lost how they live and what makes them view the world so differently then me and my friends.

Answer 1

That is a very unusual group of people. Most people in America are not members of either party and are moderates. Personally I would not try to label people, including myself with terms like liberal or conservative. I evaluate each issue on its own merits and according to my beliefs not according to some prepackaged idea of what a liberal or conservative is

Answer 2

Most of the people I hang out with also have degrees and are highly paid, guess what, they are liberals, they work hard, go home to families too.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2006 the average rate of People with a Bachelor’s degree or more across the United States in 2004 was 27.7%. 25 out of 31 Conservative States had a lower than average rate of People with a Bachelor’s degree or more (80% of Conservative States) versus 9 out of 20 Liberal States that had a lower than average rate of People with a Bachelor’s degree or more (45% of Liberal States). The lowest rate of People with a Bachelor’s degree or more in the country is found in West Virginia with 15.3%. The highest rate of People with a Bachelor’s degree or more in the country is found in Massachusetts with 36.7%.