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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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In reply to the discussion: Biden to adopt Bernies plan of Free college and Warrens bankruptcy plan.................... [View all]BidenBacker
(1,089 posts)60. Here's a couple more real interesting ones for folks to peruse
A new survey shows how economic policy divides the GOP and unites Democrats
https://www.vox.com/2019/6/11/18659986/voter-study-group-democrats-economics
The study, released Tuesday by the Democracy Funds Voter Study Group, was authored by Lee Drutman, Vanessa Williamson, and Felicia Wong.
They gauged support for a few different progressive economic policy ideas and then compared the views of low-income voters (with less than $40,000 per year in household income) to more comfortable ones (with more than $80,000 per year in household income). For Democrats, the more affluent voters were generally more left-wing probably because they are better-educated and thus generally more ideological but the difference is small.
For Republicans, by contrast, theres a huge fall-off in support as you go up the income ladder.
Bottomline is the higher income a Democrat has the more they are willing to support progressive economic policies that may end up costing them a few bucks...just the opposite of Republicans. In a nutshell, the richer a Gopper gets the greedier he gets. Here's another one that doesn't really cover party-affiliation vs income but has a lot of other great stuff to look at and get a little smarter...
Wide Gender Gap, Growing Educational Divide in Voters Party Identification
https://www.people-press.org/2018/03/20/wide-gender-gap-growing-educational-divide-in-voters-party-identification/
We geeks sure do love Pew Research...they never fail to produce excellent detailed snapshots of American society.
https://www.vox.com/2019/6/11/18659986/voter-study-group-democrats-economics
The study, released Tuesday by the Democracy Funds Voter Study Group, was authored by Lee Drutman, Vanessa Williamson, and Felicia Wong.
They gauged support for a few different progressive economic policy ideas and then compared the views of low-income voters (with less than $40,000 per year in household income) to more comfortable ones (with more than $80,000 per year in household income). For Democrats, the more affluent voters were generally more left-wing probably because they are better-educated and thus generally more ideological but the difference is small.
For Republicans, by contrast, theres a huge fall-off in support as you go up the income ladder.
Bottomline is the higher income a Democrat has the more they are willing to support progressive economic policies that may end up costing them a few bucks...just the opposite of Republicans. In a nutshell, the richer a Gopper gets the greedier he gets. Here's another one that doesn't really cover party-affiliation vs income but has a lot of other great stuff to look at and get a little smarter...
Wide Gender Gap, Growing Educational Divide in Voters Party Identification
https://www.people-press.org/2018/03/20/wide-gender-gap-growing-educational-divide-in-voters-party-identification/
We geeks sure do love Pew Research...they never fail to produce excellent detailed snapshots of American society.
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Biden to adopt Bernies plan of Free college and Warrens bankruptcy plan.................... [View all]
riversedge
Mar 2020
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One of the things I admire about Joe is his ability to listen and adopt/adapt other's ideas
Siwsan
Mar 2020
#1
Biden has been proposing climate change legislation since 1986, long before most people had
LongtimeAZDem
Mar 2020
#7
Ya, HRC did the same thing, now Bernie people run around saying they are Sanders. Whatever.
LizBeth
Mar 2020
#13
I still have no idea why he backed off that when he first announced, it soured me on him a bit
Celerity
Mar 2020
#20
Because there are a lot of centralists who think we can't afford education even as the Pentegon ...
marble falls
Mar 2020
#27
Wasn't Bernie's plan to offer free tuition to everyone, including millionaires and billionaires?
beastie boy
Mar 2020
#8
Egos and all. The Democratic plan has always been more reasonable and responsible than Sanders
LizBeth
Mar 2020
#15
Biden Is A Team Player and Understands All The Candidates Need to Have A Win for Their Supporters
Indykatie
Mar 2020
#9
That's leadership Reviewing the ideas of others, giving them credit and saying "yes, let's do that"
riversedge
Mar 2020
#10
My only disappointment with Joe is he is very cold on legalization (as was Barack) ...
marble falls
Mar 2020
#18
That's sort of a Republican style response, but remember Bush's DEA busting medical pot ...
marble falls
Mar 2020
#31
I am sorry I made that seem I was calling you Republican. I only use that on Donnie ...
marble falls
Mar 2020
#55
Free college to all is not the right thing to do. Universities would be overwhelmed and it would
LizBeth
Mar 2020
#17
No Biden adopted Warren's college plan...Sanders want us to pay for private college and billionaires
Demsrule86
Mar 2020
#16
Correct. And the Democratic plan. Democrats have been proposing this all along.
LizBeth
Mar 2020
#19
He's putting together a very strong and detailed platform. He's going to kill Trump with the ...
marble falls
Mar 2020
#25
I get the feeling Bernie & Joe, or at least their campaign aids, have been talking
onetexan
Mar 2020
#34