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Both have their billionaires, but dems do have the majority of rich households in broad terms. "Democrats now represent 65% of taxpayers with a household incom

Both have their billionaires, but dems do have the majority of rich households in broad terms. "Democrats now represent 65% of taxpayers with a household income of $500,000 or more, according to pre-pandemic Internal Revenue Service statistics." https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-19/democrats-tax-hike-bet-relies-on-their-new-500-000-plus-voters https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-19/democrats...

colinmhayes 5y ago
Educated people vote for democrats. They also have money. Not super surprising.
- hartator 5y ago
  > Educated people vote for democrats. That's little divisive for no real reason. Smart people disagrees on politics but don't insult each other. I am sure we can find plenty of stats that reflect badly on Democrats eloctorat.
  - chasing 5y ago
    https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/education-not-income-predicted-who-would-vote-for-trump/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/education-not-income-pr...
  - HunterWare 5y ago
    https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2015/04/07/a-deep-dive-into-party-affiliation/ https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2015/04/07/a-deep-dive-... Democrats lead by 22 points (57%-35%) in leaned party identification among adults with post-graduate degrees. The Democrats’ edge is narrower among those with college degrees or some post-graduate experience (49%-42%), and those with less education (47%-39%). Across all educational categories, women are more likely than men to affiliate with the Democratic Party or lean Democratic. The Democrats’ advantage is 35 points (64%-29%) among women with post-graduate degrees, but only eight points (50%-42%) among post-grad men.
    - hartator 5y ago
      I think you’re missing the initial point of not weaponizing stats as an insult. One can argue that hard science and engineers vote more conservative than progressive. [1] Reversing the insult. This kind of exchange are not productive as we’re not debating actual policies. [1] https://scholarworks.unr.edu/handle/11714/2246 https://scholarworks.unr.edu/handle/11714/2246
      - specialist 5y ago
        This paper is a lot effort to show that older white male STEM people nudge the aggregate partisan lean a little bit to the right. I like this paper's framework and cites. Will use it to better understand the work of Data For Progress and adjacent.
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- Mountain_Skies 5y ago
  We shouldn't fall into the trap of thinking more years in school equals higher intelligence. We also shouldn't judge a person mainly on their intelligence level or level of schooling. There seems to be a strong current in contemporary society that believes sitting around in a classroom hearing about life makes one superior to those out living life.
  - jedberg 5y ago
    > We shouldn't fall into the trap of thinking more years in school equals higher intelligence. The person you are replying to never said anything about education being correlated to intelligence or superiority.
  - seattle_spring 5y ago
    > There seems to be a strong current in contemporary society that believes sitting around in a classroom hearing about life makes one superior to those out living life. Claiming people who go to school aren't also living life and having generally a far more diverse set of experiences than dropouts is... well, it's certainly an interesting perspective.
pchristensen 5y ago
I'd bet that higher wages correlate with living in metro areas, which also correlates with voting for Democrats. Not too surprising.
froh 5y ago
yet per a sibling comment to yours the majority of billionaires supports us conservative politics. 500.000k y/y is no billionaires privilege. the billionaires annual wealth growth is much much higher. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JThOdF95e0NYoea5pCWd5UDXLmIGc1Fwj1aajDSYYhk/edit?usp=drivesdk https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JThOdF95e0NYoea5pCWd... source https://americansfortaxfairness.org/billionaires/ https://americansfortaxfairness.org/billionaires/

colinmhayes 5y ago

Educated people vote for democrats. They also have money. Not super surprising.

hartator 5y ago
> Educated people vote for democrats. That's little divisive for no real reason. Smart people disagrees on politics but don't insult each other. I am sure we can find plenty of stats that reflect badly on Democrats eloctorat.
- chasing 5y ago
  https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/education-not-income-predicted-who-would-vote-for-trump/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/education-not-income-pr...
- HunterWare 5y ago
  https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2015/04/07/a-deep-dive-into-party-affiliation/ https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2015/04/07/a-deep-dive-... Democrats lead by 22 points (57%-35%) in leaned party identification among adults with post-graduate degrees. The Democrats’ edge is narrower among those with college degrees or some post-graduate experience (49%-42%), and those with less education (47%-39%). Across all educational categories, women are more likely than men to affiliate with the Democratic Party or lean Democratic. The Democrats’ advantage is 35 points (64%-29%) among women with post-graduate degrees, but only eight points (50%-42%) among post-grad men.
  - hartator 5y ago
    I think you’re missing the initial point of not weaponizing stats as an insult. One can argue that hard science and engineers vote more conservative than progressive. [1] Reversing the insult. This kind of exchange are not productive as we’re not debating actual policies. [1] https://scholarworks.unr.edu/handle/11714/2246 https://scholarworks.unr.edu/handle/11714/2246
    - specialist 5y ago
      This paper is a lot effort to show that older white male STEM people nudge the aggregate partisan lean a little bit to the right. I like this paper's framework and cites. Will use it to better understand the work of Data For Progress and adjacent.
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Mountain_Skies 5y ago
We shouldn't fall into the trap of thinking more years in school equals higher intelligence. We also shouldn't judge a person mainly on their intelligence level or level of schooling. There seems to be a strong current in contemporary society that believes sitting around in a classroom hearing about life makes one superior to those out living life.
- jedberg 5y ago
  > We shouldn't fall into the trap of thinking more years in school equals higher intelligence. The person you are replying to never said anything about education being correlated to intelligence or superiority.
- seattle_spring 5y ago
  > There seems to be a strong current in contemporary society that believes sitting around in a classroom hearing about life makes one superior to those out living life. Claiming people who go to school aren't also living life and having generally a far more diverse set of experiences than dropouts is... well, it's certainly an interesting perspective.

pchristensen 5y ago

I'd bet that higher wages correlate with living in metro areas, which also correlates with voting for Democrats. Not too surprising.

froh 5y ago

yet per a sibling comment to yours the majority of billionaires supports us conservative politics. 500.000k y/y is no billionaires privilege. the billionaires annual wealth growth is much much higher. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JThOdF95e0NYoea5pCWd5UDXLmIGc1Fwj1aajDSYYhk/edit?usp=drivesdk https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JThOdF95e0NYoea5pCWd... source https://americansfortaxfairness.org/billionaires/ https://americansfortaxfairness.org/billionaires/