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Santorini 
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Posted on: Aug. 15 2012,10:56 am |
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Some interesting stats from the last election:
Those that voted for Obama:
73% earned under $15,000/yr
63% did not go to high school
65% were single
hmmm  Kinda speaks for itself as to the education, problem-solving skills, critical-thinking skills, abstract thinking ability of those that voted for Obama. Some of the poor and uneducated are typically more desperate and easier to manipulate.
Another question:
Are you better off now than you were 4 years ago 
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Posted on: Aug. 15 2012,11:03 am |
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Just goes to prove that if you put out a free buffet, everybody comes!
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hairhertz
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Posted on: Aug. 15 2012,2:34 pm |
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63% did not attend high school? Really, how many people in the US did not attend high school?
2011 data US Census Bureau, ages 25 and older have attained:
HS diploma 87.58%
some college 56.88%
BA/BS degree 30.44%
MA/MS degree 7.95%
Doctorate/Professional degree 3.00%
Est. US population 2011: 311,591,917
Est. US population 18 years & older: 223,500,000
Est. US population <18: 77,900,000
population w/o high school diploma = 28,000,000
population w/hs diploma or higher = 195,500,000
2008 election
Obama = 69,456,897
McCain = 59,934,814
63% of 69.5 million = 43.7 million
brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrp...your posted numbers do not compute
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Moparman
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Posted on: Aug. 15 2012,3:49 pm |
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^ Don't be silly, your letting the facts get in the way of a good story!
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hairhertz
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Posted on: Aug. 15 2012,6:03 pm |
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73%, you say, who voted for BO made less than $15,000 year. So there must be roughly 73% x 69,000,000 votes = 50,000,000 poverty stricken voters.
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Liberal
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Posted on: Aug. 15 2012,6:56 pm |
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^ If the Republicans had their way there would be 100 million.
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Expatriate
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Posted on: Aug. 15 2012,7:40 pm |
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Hey Santoony, is that the fuzzy math system you’re using?
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irisheyes
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Posted on: Aug. 16 2012,3:20 am |
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(Santorini @ Aug. 15 2012,10:56 am)
QUOTE Some interesting stats from the last election: Those that voted for Obama: 73% earned under $15,000/yr 63% did not go to high school 65% were single hmmm Kinda speaks for itself as to the education, problem-solving skills, critical-thinking skills, abstract thinking ability of those that voted for Obama. Some of the poor and uneducated are typically more desperate and easier to manipulate.
I could ask you to backup your stats with a link of some sort, but I've given up on trying to get a credible source from you or the Breeze.
I've said before (and I can back it up) that the demographics always point to the highly educated being overwhelmingly democrat. Santorini will differ, but then again if she ever posted her sources they're almost always forwarded emails or right-wing blogs.
CNN exit polling of over 13,000 respondants
The "no-high school" demographic is hardly reliable considering it's only 3% of voters. In the above poll college educated are both 49% so even among dem and repub, higher educated than that is when people start voting republican less and less. People who hold a Ph.D are some of the least likely people EVER to vote republican.
2008 Gallup polling is similar. The HIGHEST educated group (postgrad) voted for Obama at a rate of 65%, a mere 35% of that same group voted for McCain.
Conservatives will probably not like any source that isn't conservative in nature, so I'll include The Wall Street Journal, you'll notice the remark on the right side of the page next to their poll results stating: "Republicans were strongest among voters who were well - but not too well -- educated."
QUOTE Just goes to prove that if you put out a free buffet, everybody comes!
Hardly, a simple look at the red versus blue states map always shows that states who get more money from the government (poor states) vote republican. States that are higher earners in aggregate vote democrat.
Both sides love government spending, it's the republicans that convinced themselves that we can have spending and somehow not have to have to pay taxes. They think voodoo economics will somehow even things out eventually. But its been about 30 years and four wars later, I gotta tell you, it's not going to happen.
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hairhertz
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Posted on: Aug. 16 2012,9:38 am |
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20+ years of US warfare in the middle east without raising taxes or reducing spending, it was all done on "credit."  Irish is right, imho, regarding voodoo economics.
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Posted on: Aug. 16 2012,12:08 pm |
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Yes indeed, it started with Roosevelt and continued on through about every prez we've had, I especially like Johnson'smgreat society.
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