Over at Secular Right I break down attitudes toward a host of issues as a function of class and party identification. It is interesting to see the issues where class matters more than party, and those where party matters more than class, and where one segment is an outlier. Below the fold are a few questions of possible specific interest to ScienceBlogs readers.
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Lower = No high school to some college Higher = Bachelor's degree or higher |
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| Repub or lean Repub | Dem or lean Dem | |||
| Lower | Higher | Lower | Higher | |
| Humans evolved from animals | 29.7 | 47.1 | 43.7 | 79.6 |
| Will not eat genetically modified foods | 29.7 | 20.8 | 36.5 | 33.9 |
| Know God exists | 69.8 | 64.8 | 66.4 | 37.1 |
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I was poking around Fund Race 2008 and was curious how different scientist professions were giving in regards to political parties in the USA. Below is what I found....
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1 - Democrats sweep the House of Representatives. Many newbies are relatively conservative - we need to start retraining them. Watch out for Lieberman and what he does.
The subject of evolution has come up twice on recent editions of the MSNBC show Hardball, hosted by Chris Matthews. Our host has just discovered that the Republicans have a problem with science, you see, and has decided to explore this troubling development.
I note that Slate is congratulating a reader who guessed the top 3 finishers for both Repubs and Dems.
By these definitions, Bill Gates is "lower class", no?
yes, alas, the college dropout billionaire fraction of the electorate is not properly accounted for. or, for that matter, the large class of people with doctorates in english literature living below the poverty line.
post-docs too!
I agree that its interesting looking at the entire post and seeing how issues break down between being class-influenced or being party-influenced, or both or neither.