Originally posted by savage4731Your link also says that postgraduates tend to vote Democrat. I'm not sure what point it is you're attempting to make.
That's not even actual exit polls. This is though:
http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/president/national-exit-polls.html
No, the only thing that's safe to infer is that high school drop-outs will vote overwhelmingly democrat. The less education someone has the more likely they are to vote democrat.
Getting a post grad degree does not make ...[text shortened]... ey tend to hide away in academia for their entire lives. That's very anti-intellectual to me.
Also, 17% of the electorate (from your link) "hides away in academia for their entire lives"?
Originally posted by FMFI don't know what your native language is or where you're from (other than from your profile) I notice some Britishisms in your posts so I'm pretty sure its not the US.
Well I recognize the intensity of your partisan bravado but for you to claim that being an intellectual and a liberal is "contradictory" and "bizarre" is a pretty peculiar kind of hyperbole. I can't quite see what you actually think the point of saying such things is.
Maybe something is getting lost in the translation. But, in the US, liberalism is widely considered anti-intellectual. The term is generally considered an insult. Most liberals in the US are poor and uneducated. I mean, calling someone a liberal is almost synonymous with calling them stupid.
I can't speak for how words are used in the rest of the world.
Originally posted by KazetNagorraThe point I've made is the one I've stated multiple times and backed up with evidence.
Your link also says that postgraduates tend to vote Democrat. I'm not sure what point it is you're attempting to make.
Also, 17% of the electorate (from your link) "hides away in academia for their entire lives"?
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Originally posted by savage4731Would you describe your view as being an intellectual stance or analysis?
I don't know what your native language is or where you're from (other than from your profile) I notice some Britishisms in your posts so I'm pretty sure its not the US.
Maybe something is getting lost in the translation. But, in the US, liberalism is widely considered anti-intellectual. The term is generally considered an insult. Most liberals in the ...[text shortened]... with calling them stupid.
I can't speak for how words are used in the rest of the world.
Originally posted by savage4731🙄🙄
I don't know what your native language is or where you're from (other than from your profile) I notice some Britishisms in your posts so I'm pretty sure its not the US.
Maybe something is getting lost in the translation. But, in the US, liberalism is widely considered anti-intellectual. The term is generally considered an insult. Most liberals in the ...[text shortened]... with calling them stupid.
I can't speak for how words are used in the rest of the world.
Originally posted by no1marauderIf its demonstrably false then why are you having such a hard time demonstrating it?
You really are a clown. Your claim was false, demonstrably false given the data from the link you provided. You should just admit it and move on. And post-graduate support of Democrats was hardly an "aberration" in 2008; they've won a majority of that vote in every Presidential election since 1992.
The number of voters who are high scho ...[text shortened]... was 4 times more likely to have a post-graduate education than to be a high school dropout.
And a McCain voter was about 5 times more likely to be from a post-grad than a drop out- and he LOST the election. It doesn't sound like you're proving your point.
Originally posted by savage4731You mean that high school dropouts tend to vote Democrat? Yes, they do. Not relevant to the point I was making though, so I'm not sure why you brought it up in response to the assertion that "intellectuals tend to vote Democrat".
The point I've made is the one I've stated multiple times and backed up with evidence.
Originally posted by KazetNagorraWhat do high school dropouts have to do with liberal intellectuals?
You mean that high school dropouts tend to vote Democrat? Yes, they do. Not relevant to the point I was making though, so I'm not sure why you brought it up in response to the assertion that "intellectuals tend to vote Democrat".
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Originally posted by savage4731I already demonstrated that your claim was false; the majority of the highest educated group voted for Obama, not McCain. This renders your claim "As education level increased McCain got a greater percentage of the vote" as false. Surely a brilliant intellectual like you realizes that.
If its demonstrably false then why are you having such a hard time demonstrating it?
And a McCain voter was about 5 times more likely to be from a post-grad than a drop out- and he LOST the election. It doesn't sound like you're proving your point.
And this claim by you "Most liberals in the US are poor and uneducated" doesn't comport very well with the data either.
Originally posted by KazetNagorraIf you say intellectuals tend to vote democrat and
You mean that high school dropouts tend to vote Democrat? Yes, they do. Not relevant to the point I was making though, so I'm not sure why you brought it up in response to the assertion that "intellectuals tend to vote Democrat".
we look at democrats and don't see a lot of intellectuals then
Obviously we can conclude you are wrong.
Originally posted by no1marauderNo, you made an assertion that you thought I was wrong which was quickly dismissed in my next post after that.
I already demonstrated that your claim was false; the majority of the highest educated group voted for Obama, not McCain.
And this claim by you "Most liberals in the US are poor and uneducated" doesn't comport very well with the data either.