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Tech leans liberal and highly-educated, demographically not a good fit for Trump.

by inimino 10y ago

AvenueIngres 10y ago
Because voting behaviors and income levels are highly correlated. Stop right there if you believe that people dislike Trump because they are "smarter". It is a cheap to make you feel good about yourself.
- inimino 10y ago
  I'm just pointing out demographics, no need to read into it more than what I said.
  - AvenueIngres 10y ago
    Please accept my apologies then, this is something that I have often seen followed by a direct attack on his electorate's intelligence and/or how democracy is not working since those poor uneducated masses are given a voice. Same happened after Brexit (and some lunatics arguing that London should become a city-state). So because it matched part of the pattern, I assumed this is where you wanted to take the discussion. Anyway, have a nice afternoon.
- rconti 10y ago
  Education level. Not intelligence.
- thesimpsons1022 10y ago
  not really. it is really true. can almost guarantee that the IQ percentile of those supporting trump is on average 20+ points lower than the opposite camp. Both income and education level are highly correlated with both IQ and voting against trump.
thegayngler 10y ago
I'm not sure why people don't bring up the fact that Trump has never done anything for anyone other than himself. When has Trump tried to help someone else other than himself? That is the test that both Mitt Romney and Trump have failed for me. Secondly, this idea that they are great businessman because the regularly bankrupt businesses for a living makes me question their ability to actually run a busines and more so a government. Mitt Romney has bankrupted loans from governments which makes me seriously question his actual strengths. Trump stiffs people who work for him which makes me question his strengths as it relates to helping people. They've failed at the helping people level and they mostly used failing businesses as a vehicle to get rich without actually helping the businesses and their stakeholders. How is a Trump going to balance a budget? He's never been able to with all the resources he's had available to him before. Why would he be able to now?

Tech leans liberal and highly-educated, demographically not a good fit for Trump.

by inimino 10y ago

Tech leans liberal and highly-educated, demographically not a good fit for Trump.

Because voting behaviors and income levels are highly correlated. Stop right there if you believe that people dislike Trump because they are "smarter". It is a cheap to make you feel good about yourself.

inimino 10y ago
I'm just pointing out demographics, no need to read into it more than what I said.
- AvenueIngres 10y ago
  Please accept my apologies then, this is something that I have often seen followed by a direct attack on his electorate's intelligence and/or how democracy is not working since those poor uneducated masses are given a voice. Same happened after Brexit (and some lunatics arguing that London should become a city-state). So because it matched part of the pattern, I assumed this is where you wanted to take the discussion. Anyway, have a nice afternoon.
rconti 10y ago
Education level. Not intelligence.
thesimpsons1022 10y ago
not really. it is really true. can almost guarantee that the IQ percentile of those supporting trump is on average 20+ points lower than the opposite camp. Both income and education level are highly correlated with both IQ and voting against trump.

thegayngler 10y ago

I'm not sure why people don't bring up the fact that Trump has never done anything for anyone other than himself. When has Trump tried to help someone else other than himself? That is the test that both Mitt Romney and Trump have failed for me. Secondly, this idea that they are great businessman because the regularly bankrupt businesses for a living makes me question their ability to actually run a busines and more so a government. Mitt Romney has bankrupted loans from governments which makes me seriously question his actual strengths. Trump stiffs people who work for him which makes me question his strengths as it relates to helping people. They've failed at the helping people level and they mostly used failing businesses as a vehicle to get rich without actually helping the businesses and their stakeholders. How is a Trump going to balance a budget? He's never been able to with all the resources he's had available to him before. Why would he be able to now?