On 29 Oct 2002 at 23:44, Yael Harlap wrote: > Kakki wrote: > >(by the way, who did > >people blame for all the evil in the world before Republicans came > >into being relatively few years ago in the historical scheme of > >things?) > > the rich! > and the republicans weren't always 'the rich' but they certainly are > now. >
I'm resisting the urge to jump to deeply in the political stuff because I just signed a couple of new clients, BUT - The median income of members of the Republican party is a little over $36,000. That certainly isn't rich. However, statistics seem to bear out that if you are at the higher end of the middle class, you will likely vote Republican, while those earning less than $15,000 a year vote Democratic. Then again if you look at the 2000 presidential election by county, you'll find that the rural poor overwhelmingly voted for Bush. So in the big scheme of things for average citizens, actual income probably has less bearing on political affiliation than say, religion. Brenda n.p.: NPR
