| mrstickball said: Look at the list of education stats, Akuma....Look at the disparity between Obama and McCain supports that didn't graduate high school. There's a 28% gap...You don't think that throws the education level off, in favor of McCain? As for historical data: http://dabacon.org/pontiff/?p=539 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pew_Research_Center_political_typology Democrats are far more likely to not complete HS than Republicans. |
Your data proves my point while also proving your point.
Data you cited (first link):
Bachelor's Degree - From the first three categories - Democrat (Strong Democrat, Not Str Dem, Ind. Near Dem.)
42.9%
Bachelor's Degree - From the last three categories - Republican (Strong Republican, Not Str. Rep., Ind. Near Rep.)
46%
A whopping three percentage points. If you are trying to hang your hat on that as statistically significant, then you should go take a statistics class.
Data you cited (first link):
Graduate Degree - From the first three categories - Democrat (Strong Democrat, Not Str Dem, Ind. Near Dem.)
50%
Graduate Degree - From the last three categories - Republican (Strong Republican, Not Str. Rep., Ind. Near Rep.)
37%
That is a much broader gap that cannot be attributed to statistical irregularities. Thirteen percentage points.
You are missing one big factor. There are more registered Democrats than Republicans. So all your data proves is that Democrats have more uneducated voters AND more educated voters than Republicans. Your data shows that Republicans are losing BOTH of these demographics.
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