Polling data indicates that Democratic voters typically have higher incomes than Republican ones. Is this...?

Question

the result of the better education that Democratic also have, or is it that the high-earning Republican voters typically stay home on election day watching Fox News and not vote?

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/states/US/H/00/epolls.0.html

VOTE BY INCOME
TOTAL Democrat Republican
Under $15,000 (7%) 67% 30%
$15-30,000 (12%) 61% 36%
$30-50,000 (21%) 56% 43%
$50-75,000 (22%) 50% 48%
$75-100,000 (16%) 52% 47%
$100-150,000 (13%) 47% 51%
$150-200,000 (5%) 47% 51%
$200,000 or More (5%) 45% 53%


VOTE BY EDUCATION
TOTAL Democrat Republican
No High School (3%) 64% 35%
H.S. Graduate (21%) 55% 44%
Some College (31%) 51% 47%
College Graduate (27%) 49% 49%
Postgraduate (18%) 58% 41%

Answer 1

Uh, I don't understand. Neither you nor most of the people who answered seem to have looked at the data you pasted.

67% of the poorest group voted Dem.

The D proportion goes down for each group, until a little bump to little over half of 75-100,000.

Then each income level is a bit more than half Republican for all the over a hundred thou.

So why are you and the answerers saying dems typically have higher incomes?

The vote by education data is puzzling; there is no education level at which the majority voted Republican. All education levels prefer Democrat.

Anyway, I'm wondering where you got your conclusion from; doesn't fit this data.

Answer 2

If that were true, then most Republicans would be on welfare which is not true.

I don't know any poor Republicans. Most of my friends are Democrat, and very poor.

These numbers are way off base. There are many different factors out there and the best way to find the truth is to go into every community around the country and get an actual real count.

I don't trust CNN or Fox to give an accurate poll.

Not all Republicans watch Fox news.

Not all Democrats watch CNN.

These are stereotypes that have been blown out of proportion.

Where are the independents?

Are they educated and rich?

Answer 3

VOTE BY INCOME……………….BUSH………KERRY

Under $15,000 (8%)…………..….36%……….….63%

$15-30,000 (15%)……………...….42%……….….57%

$30-50,000 (22%)……………...….49%……….….50%

$50-75,000 (23%)……………….…56%……….….43%

$75-100,000 (14%)…………….….55%……….….45%

$100-150,000 (11%))………….….57%……….….42%

$150-200,000 (4%)…………....….58%……….….42%

$200,000 or More (3%)…….….…63%……….….35%

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/US/P/00/epolls.0.html


"It's no surprise for Democrats to lose white men and evangelicals. But in this election, we also lost white women, married people, couples with children, high school graduates, college graduates, people over 30, and, by our estimate, voters in every annual household income category above $40,000. Our coalition consisted of high school dropouts and those with postgraduate educations (99% of the Universtiy Proff's). That coalition is not the foundation for building a durable Democratic majority."


"Of America's 3,114 counties, Bush won 2,532 -- or 81.1 percent -- covering 78 percent of our country's land mass. In only 162 of those counties -- just over 6 percent -- was Bush's margin of victory less than 5 points. As the Los Angeles Times reported, Bush won 97 of the nation's 100 fastest-growing counties -- Kerry won just three."

--------Al From is founder and CEO of the Democratic Leadership Council. Bruce Reed is president of the DLC and was President Clinton's domestic policy adviser.


http://www.ndol.org/ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=127&subid=173&contentid=253054

Answer 4

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Answer 5

I think your question as a bit off the issues raised by the polling data.
The polling data shows that the EDUCATORS teach with BIAS, not permitting the students to form their OWN opinions, but hammer into their heads a Liberal Bias.
Income IS relative to education. If the polling data ALSO included AGE and the wisdom that comes from working in the REAL WORLD, you will see a shift in the results toward a more CONSERVATIVE view as the voters mature.

Answer 6

Why is it that way it's because the policy that the government implements actually effect the lowwer and middle income people more...... So when voting we donot vote for someone who raises taxes on our employers causing our employers to lay people off or cut our raises...

We vote to survive not to get hollywoods approval

Answer 7

It shows the hypocrisy of dems. The tax you pay is the minimum you are more than welcome to send more.
It's been an accepted fact that universities have been training students to be socialist government dependants. While they continue to raise tuition at unprecedented rates along with their salaries. The middle class is left to bow at the feet of govt. for grants and loans to help pay these ivory tower hypocrites.
"If you're 20 and not liberal, you have no heart. If your 40 and not conservative, you have no brain."--Winston Churchill

Answer 8

This is where the statement: "If you want to live as a Democrat vote Republican" came from.

Answer 9

No. It's just further proof that you can't listen to or rely on the polls. They were answered by people who aren't even smart enough to avoid a kid with a clipboard in a mall or hang up the phone when a recording starts talking to them.

Answer 10

As the income increases so does the percentage of G.O.P. voters.