Posted on 02/01/2020 9:57:40 AM PST by John Semmens
While the guests and host on CNN's Don Lemon program got some good laughs among themselves pretending that Trump supporters are ignoramuses, the General Social Survey (GSS)—a test of verbal ability and science knowledge contradicts their premise.
Most interesting in the latest edition of the GSS was the finding that less than half (49.6%) of the Democrats participating in the test were able to select the correct answer regarding whether the sun orbits the Earth or vice versa and whether it takes a day, month, or year to complete one orbit. The average correct response rate for all test participants was higher than for Democrats alone, but still a dismal 57.1%.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez called the comparison "unfair and racist. The Democratic Party is home to a large percentage of African-Americans and Hispanics who have been under-educated in our public school systems. It's not fair to compare their knowledge vs. whites who are naturally more attentive and well-behaved in school. Besides, is knowledge about whether to Earth orbits the sun or not an important factor in deciding who to vote for in an election?"
In related news, Perez accused Trump of "poaching voters. For decades the Democratic Party has depended on the votes of minorities to win elections. Now polls are showing that Trump has a 42% favorability rating among blacks. And an alarmingly large portion of the black vote may go to Trump in 2020. His programs promoting increased economic prosperity among African-Americans unfairly invades our Party's territory. We are going to ask the FCC and FEC to bar any broadcast appeals from the Trump campaign targeting the minority vote."
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/276078-2020-01-31-semi-news-semi-satire-february-2-2019-edition.htm
which explains their anger-
There’s too many of them and the problem is that they vote.
Some of the smartest people I’ve ever met are on this board.
From ALL types of careers..many quite fascinating.
I’m the ONLY one of my Italian friends that has a college degree (there were about 20 of us growing up).
Most are making more money in blue collar jobs :)
And many might not be book smart but they are sharp and have much common sense and they ALL vote for Trump.
And ALL of their children are either in college or going to college
That’s what generations of immigrants do.
Better themselves and go on to bigger and better.
Well..most immigrants.
I read Jim Limberger’s excellent analysis of the GSS data in Reason Magazine. I downloaded the data and repeated some of his analysis. My results tallied with his. I also looked at what I think is a key indicator of the acuity of Trump and Clinton voters. GSS includes a question about whether astrology is scientific. Only a disappointing 75% of Trump voters said that it was “not at all scientific”. However, significantly fewer (58%)of Clinton voters had the same response. Think about it!
Perez’s response to the GSS findings, of course, is totally bogus and begs other questions.
Thanks for doing a documentary once in a while.
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