A little while ago there was a study out linking poverty with a tendency to vote GOP. Link, anyone?

[Bucky]

It was either the tendency to vote Republican or the tendency to believe conservative talking points. I forget the details. Does anyone remember this study a/o have a link to it?

Thanks,

A very smart liberal

[Drale]

1. Well I bet theres a link between poverty and under education,

which is our fault as a society but I digress, and there is a link between under education and voting republican, but thats what you get when you let a political party lie to everyone for all these years.

[Bucky]

2. Could well be. But this was a very specific study that I saw talked about here.

I can't find it now, but I'm trying to retrieve the actual study for citing now. Any help appreciated.

[Jackpine Radical]

3. Check out this link for an interesting discussion of the topic:

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0918-21.htm

[Bucky]

5. That's interesting, but the study I recall was a lot more recent than 2006

[jody]

4. Makes sense . . . doesn't it? Low IQ votes Republican, & gets free school lunches & does poorly on

K-12 tests & commits more violent crime & depends more on welfare, etc.

What if low IQ is 60-70% dependent upon genetic factors?

Do you recommend a law compelling a fetus be aborted if it fails a prenatal test purporting to measure IQ as a function of genetics?

WAIT, wasn't that tried before?

[Mr Generic Other]

6. the poor are least able to weather change

and therefore tend to be conservative politically.
they have figured out how to survive (even if only marginally) and fear they won't survive if any changes are made to the structure.
this is true about the poor everywhere.
it why republicans like poverty. it increases their chances of winning elections.

[ipaint]

7. It might have something to do with a party that sits on it's hands silent

while taxes go up on folks making 20,000 or less while the rest of the country gets a cut and the wealthy well they get the average equivalent of 4-5 years lower class pay. Or maybe it was the third planned future cut to badly needed food stamp funds. Or maybe it's the unrecognized, unacknowledged filthy rich caused depression the lower classes are struggling to live through with no help. Or maybe it's just a president and congress who can't spit out the word poverty because they are repeating the term middle class 20 - 30 times a speech.

Many don't vote, what is there really to vote for if you are poor and some vote repub because they at least have fight in them.

When democrats decide to make poverty issue #1 and come out fighting they'll get votes. I'm not holding my breath.

[bobbolink]

8. Thank you. I am so SICK of the blaming of poor people, when there is so much ignorance

of who we really are!

Just think what the reaction would be if these same comments were made about minorities, or gay people, or women, or.... animals.

The outrage would be huge, but its just fine to spout crap about poor folk.

Thanks for the reality check.... another DUer and I have been talking about how to get a foot in the door to get people to understand the TRUE facts about homelessness.... where to even begin....