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Thu Nov-04-04 01:23 AM
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Voters Under $50k Favored Kerry

so can we drop the endless, divisive threads about how this whole mess is the fault of blue-collar voters?

Here are the numbers:

Under $15k - 63-36 Kerry
$15-30k - 57-42 Kerry
$30-50k - 50-49 Kerry

Overall, Kerry took 55% of all voters making $50k or less.

Interestingly enough, Nader's only appreciable support came from the $100-150k and $200k+ brackets.

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

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JI7

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Thu Nov-04-04 01:28 AM
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1. true, while most poor evangelical types voted for Bush

there are MANY MORE other poor people who voted for Kerry. not all poor people are anti gay, religious bigot types. most of them are just working people trying to get by each day. they don't want a hand out but they need someone in office who will make policy that will do more to help them rather than hurt them.

many of these are young people, especially single women.

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DemocratSinceBirth

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Thu Nov-04-04 08:23 AM
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13. Education Is Positively Related To A Person's Outlook On Sexuality...

The more education you have the more unwilling you are to condemn alternate forms of sexuality...

It's just a fact...

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sonicx

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Thu Nov-04-04 01:33 AM
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2. most people are talking about conservatives red staters being a prob.

Edited on Thu Nov-04-04 01:34 AM by sonicx

blue-collar voters went for Gore too, so this isn't an issue. The problem is that many in red states vote "values" first when they should be voting for better jobs, schools, etc.

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Robert Oak

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Thu Nov-04-04 01:33 AM
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3. this is bs because there isn't a majority making > 50k nationwide

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sonicx

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Thu Nov-04-04 01:36 AM
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4. people with money vote more

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Thu Nov-04-04 08:19 AM
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12. People making more than 50k were a majority of voters.

55%, to be exact, even though they are a minority of the population.

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Brundle_Fly

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Thu Nov-04-04 01:42 AM
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5. I dont believe

a word of anything on the propoganda channels anymore.

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ComerPerro

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Thu Nov-04-04 01:44 AM
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6. That's still 45% of those making 50k or less going Bush

And, well, what is wrong with them?

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JI7

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Thu Nov-04-04 01:45 AM
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8. they are probably the evangelical types

the ones making that much for Kerry are probably mostly young people, especially single women.

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RafterMan

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Thu Nov-04-04 02:10 AM
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9. What's wrong with the 45%

of those with a post-graduate education who voted Bush?

Why isn't anyone pointing the finger at them? Instead, there are all these threads blaming ignorant working people.

And by the way, 52% of college grads voted Bush.

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Tweed

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Thu Nov-04-04 01:45 AM
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7. Right and the number should be higher!

Edited on Thu Nov-04-04 01:45 AM by Tweedtheatre

We should be getting almost all the under 50K voters!

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Iris

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Thu Nov-04-04 08:14 AM
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10. Kick! This flies in the face of people voting against their own best

interests.

I also got an email from True Majority that said 88% of the Bush vote was White people. African Americans, Hispanics, and Asians went predominately for Kerry.

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Julien Sorel

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Thu Nov-04-04 08:17 AM
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11. The problem is getting more of those people to the polls.

Where are they?

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