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Posted on 05/09/2011 9:29:29 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Is there a beer vs. wine or a mink coat vs. cloth coat divide in the Republican primary electorate that divides affluent and more well-educated Republicans from those who are poorer and less educated?
According to a recent study by Gallup, there just may be.
In a survey of 3,304 Republicans during the past three months, Gallup found that “Republican college degree holders are more likely than those without a degree to support Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, 21% vs. 13%. Similarly, Romney's support climbs from 9% of Republicans earning less than $24,000 annually to 21% of those earning $90,000 or more.”
When it came to Sarah Palin, the reverse was true.
According to the survey Palin was “favored by nearly twice as many Republicans without a college degree as those with one, 16% vs. 9%, and her support decreases by income from 22% among the lowest income group to 7% among the highest.”
One result that may surprise people, given how the mainstream media often paints Palin as someone who would have a narrow base of support should she run for the GOP nomination, was that, according to Gallup, “despite her strong Tea Party connections, Palin receives as much support from liberal/moderate Republicans as she does from conservative Republicans, 15% vs. 13%. Also, there is little differentiation in preferences for her by region, ranging from 12% in the West and Midwest to 14% in the South and 16% in the East.”
Some other numbers of note from the study. Newt Gingrich “does twice as well with conservatives as with liberals and moderates, 10% vs. 5%. However, he is preferred by similar percentages of Republicans across regions, from 7% to 10%.”
Mike Huckabee, who has been an early front-runner in many polls, has support that “crosses socioeconomic lines, it is heavily concentrated among conservatives and in the South and Midwest.”
The tracking poll did not include Donald Trump, whose populist message has carried him to the top of many recent national polls.
These numbers will change as more candidates enter the nominating contest and their ideas and records and fleshed out. One thing that will remain certain is the seemingly different values and preferences that those in different socioeconomic groups presumably hold, and any successful candidate, it goes without saying, will have to craft message that best appeals to those on both ends of the socioeconomic and education spectrums.
Country Class vs. Ruling Class
Just the left trying to pick our candidate.
Seems pretty obvious. Just looking at the military itself there is a divide between what officers might support vs enlisted. Why would it be any different among the private sector?
Cheers!
No. It is liberal vs conservative.
Notice how on every poll of GOP primary potentials that is open to the general public, and which doesn't allow easy cheating -- Sarah goes to about 80% in the first day, and then it takes a month of chipping away to bring her down below 50% -- and that in a field of 20 or so selections.
This is a sneaky way to associate Sarah Palin with a less desirable population group. It is questionable whether education has any bearing on ones acceptance of a candidate. The objective of such a poll is to link Sarah Palin with a group with the implication that the group is less desirable. The effect is to paint Sarah Palin with the same low status as the group they manufactured to make the association.
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Wow. And all this time I thought it was a liberal trait to demonize hard workers that achieved success.
Lighten up. That went completely over your head.
So labeling degree holding, financially well off Republicans as 'ruling class' isn't rhetoric reminiscent of a Bolshevik political slogan?
Sarah will EARN the votes. Romney will try to buy them. HUGE difference.
So those of us without degrees are “less desirable”? Thanks for clearing that up for me.
Cindie
Palin/West 2012.
As much as I dislike some major aspects of our current situation, something tells me we’re going through one of the major pieces of history. I hope some very honest person(s) are taking really good notes.
Tea party vs. cocktail party.
I am saying that the "less desirable" connotation is implied by those associating the less educated with Sarah Palin. The Left has made it a common practice to stereotype conservatives as knuckle draggers and less educated.
21% of those earning $90,000 or more doesn’t seem to mean much. Also I wouldn’t call a family income of $90,000 extremely affluent in our country’s economy today.
A question that I have is why would there be a divide along income lines? What do the truly affluent gain from the candidates they support?
Oh wow! I missed that aspect. I don’t have a degree,guess I’m just one of the lowly, unwashed, stupid, undesirable peasants. Glad to know my status and what the elites and wannabes think of me.
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