MissU28 Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 This thread comes from the thread about the Obama tax cuts...some started arguing about who is smarter, dems or republicans. So...let's poll ES. Now, of course a college education does not solidify someone's intelligence, but I'm curious nonetheless. For the sake of ease, democrat=liberal and republican=conservative. I know there are differences in the labels but too bad. Poll on its way, patience... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I don't see a poll. Will I be allowed to vote for cake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 how does the quote go? - "if you're an 18 year old conservative, you have no heart. If you're a 40 year old liberal, you have no brain" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 What if you're 32 and Centrist? You can't make a choice? The poll doesn't include Indy's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissU28 Posted September 7, 2008 Author Share Posted September 7, 2008 I don't see a poll.Will I be allowed to vote for cake? PATIENCE! and no;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissU28 Posted September 7, 2008 Author Share Posted September 7, 2008 What if you're 32 and Centrist?You can't make a choice? nope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissU28 Posted September 7, 2008 Author Share Posted September 7, 2008 What if you're 32 and Centrist?You can't make a choice? The poll doesn't include Indy's. jeeeeeeeeeez just put yourself somewhere on the spectrum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfitzo53 Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 how does the quote go? - "if you're an 18 year old conservative, you have no heart. If you're a 40 year old liberal, you have no brain" I think it's more like, "Anyone under 30 who is not liberal has not heart. Anyone over 30 who is not conservative has not sense." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskins59 Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I remember this from the 2004 election. People with PhD or Master's degree were overwhelmingly for Kerry, and it wasn't even close. On the flip side, most highschool dropouts were also democrats. This per CNN's 2004 exit poll, if I remember correctly. Also, most Universities seem to be liberal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33 Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I cheated and did some research. This is from Pew, however it isn't by straight party lines, they broke it up into more categories and it's from 2005. The middle section is in essence Independent. Top section GOP. Bottom section Donkey. Liberals have the highest education level of any typology group 49% are college graduates and 26% have some postgraduate education. But the Enterprisers also include a relatively high percentage of college graduates (46%), although fewer Enterprisers than Liberals have attended graduate school (14%).Among Republicans, just 15% of Pro-Government Conservatives have completed college, compared with 45% of Enterprisers. There also are wide disparities in education among the three independent groups, with Upbeats (37%) far more likely to have completed college than Bystanders (13%) or Disaffecteds (11%). http://people-press.org/report/?pageid=945 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Ok, I'm an Indy who's voting 3rd party. I have a Bachelors (not only a Bachelors) degree. I'm smart enough to know that both parties are diseased and infectious. The GOP and DNC are basically AIDs and Cancer to this country and there isn't a real cure to either except usually a slow painful death. Right now we're being offered a treatment that hasn't been working, or a treatment that hasn't been through clinicals yet and nobody knows how it will work. The makers of the tried and failed treatment are saying the new one is too risky, and we have no idea what will happen...but it will most def be bad. That is hasn't been tested and something much worse than any side-affect from their treatment could and mostly likely WILL happen. The makers of the new treatment are saying that the old one doesn't work and its documented. Why would you want to keep going through that if you knew it doesn't work? Repackaging it with a new label doesn't change the chemistry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Do we get to put a asterisk on any Liberal Arts grads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooked Crack Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I dont think anyone is going to admit that they didn't finish high school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC_RedskinsFan Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I answered but i dont see how this matters. I only have a high school degree, but i own half of a very successful company. It pisses me off when people with college education look down upon me cause i do not have one. Just cause you have a college degree does not mean you are better educated IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I answered but i dont see how this matters. I only have a high school degree, but i own half of a very successful company. It pisses me off when people with college education look down upon me cause i do not have one. Just cause you have a college degree does not mean you are better educated IMO. I see................ another school of hard knocks snob. So am I, and it was not even a very good high school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llcamino Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Does my degree from Bob Jones University count? I doubt anyone on ES would exagerate their education to try to sway the perception of their party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissU28 Posted September 7, 2008 Author Share Posted September 7, 2008 I answered but i dont see how this matters. I only have a high school degree, but i own half of a very successful company. It pisses me off when people with college education look down upon me cause i do not have one. Just cause you have a college degree does not mean you are better educated IMO. hence the disclaimer in the original post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toe Jam Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 I probably should avoid this thread but... I received my GED and I consider myself a moderate leaning slightly left. I hope nobody thinks I'm lacking in intelligence because I got a GED, either. I'm not the smartest man in the world but I'm not stupid. As soon as my finances even out, I'll get going back to college. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC_RedskinsFan Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 hence the disclaimer in the original post Sorry MissU28 that just fires me up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissU28 Posted September 7, 2008 Author Share Posted September 7, 2008 Sorry MissU28 that just fires me up. My boyfriend didn't go to college...he's definitely smart...some people take different paths, I get that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llcamino Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Everyone is going to say they're smart, but when doing a study like this, is it so far fetched to settle on "college degrees" as a standard for higher education? Is there a better measuring stick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissU28 Posted September 7, 2008 Author Share Posted September 7, 2008 Everyone is going to say they're smart, but when doing a study like this, is it so far fetched to settle on "college degrees" as a standard for higher education? Is there a better measuring stick? If you have one, I'm all ears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcl05 Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Where does MD go? Democrat by the way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33 Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Where does MD go? Democrat by the way... North of Virginia, south of Pennsylvania. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redskins Diehard Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Where does MD go? Democrat by the way... For some reason "if you have to ask how much it costs then you can't afford it" comes to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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