After reading the description at CAIVA my thought was maybe that is how I'd be defined, too. But there were several questions which I simply could not answer in a PoMod direction. This leads to the issue about what questions to ask, or how to word them. Regardless, a worthwhile test, useful. in some ways anyhow. Billy ------------------------------------------------------- 10/16/2011 2:41:00 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Direct Link: http://www.people-press.org/typology/quiz/ I'm post-modern. On Oct 16, 4:19 pm, [email protected] wrote: > If you go to the site --at least the "page" that features this article-- > there is a test to determine whether you are an Independent and, > if so, what kind. I am a "Disaffected" --along with 11 % of all Americans. > > Maybe "disaffected" in the CAIVA sense = Radical Centrist > > Billy > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------ > > CAlifornia Independent Voter Network > > Pew survey analyzes Independent, Democratic, and Republican voter trends > By Christopher A. Guzman > Created 2011-07-29 02:31 > > As partisan gridlock intensifies, the Pew Research Center's constant > monitoring of Independent voters continues to reveal the building momentum of > the non-partisan movement. > In a recent _Pew survey_ > (http://pewresearch.org/pubs/2067/2012-electorate-partisan-affiliation...) [3] primarily focused on the > GOP courting white voters who voted overwhelmingly for President Obama, a > game-changing phenomenon emerged. Since 1990, the Independent movement has > steadily grown and now commands about the same percentage of support as > Democrats. > Most recently, in what may be reflective of Independents' outlook of > President Obama's leadership, Pew says that Democrats now hold a much narrower > edge with this particular demograpic (whites) than they did in 2008. Although > the GOP has made huge gains with white voters, going from a two point edge > in 2008 to a thirteen point lead today, the Center's research largely > credits Independents for being behind the current drop in Democratic support. > Overall, partisan affiliation with the Democratic party has fallen from a > quarter century high in 2008. From 1990 to 2011, Independents have grown > steadily from 28% to 34%. This outpaces the percentage of Republicans, whose > current identification of voters matches the 28% that Independents had a few > times in the past eleven years. > Even though more Independents lean Republican now compared to 2008, going > from 11%- 16%, the Democrats' fall from grace doesn't automatically > translate into votes for the Republican Party. Pew gives two reasons for this. > First, while the 2010 midterms may have been good for Republicans, the gains > that they made that year haven't continued as the overall balance of partisan > attachments has held steady for the first half of 2011. Second, even > though many Independents may lean toward Republicans, registration in the party > has remained relatively stagnant. Combining Independents who lean right or > left with partisans, Democrats only have a four point advantage over > Republicans in the Pew Center's calculations. > While Democrats have done very well among minorities, especially with Black > voters, Barack Obama and the Democrats also face a big challenge in > courting Hispanics. A _recent poll_ > (http://www.caivn.org/article/2011/07/22/young-hispanics-could-become-...) [4] conducted by Generation > Opportunity indicated that strong majorities of young Hispanics are uneasy > about levying taxes on individuals and small businesses to get the federal > budget under control. Instead, they favor spending cuts. > Yet, this doesn't automatically translate into votes for the GOP. But, if > these young Hispanic voters stay home, this does translate into more of an > advantage for Republicans given the resurgence of whites that now support > them. With more whites supporting the GOP now than in 2008, Republicans hold > a 52%-39% advantage over their Democratic colleagues. > Besides Independents, the youth vote will also be a factor to watch in > 2012. While the youth are predominately Democrats or lean that way by 52%-39%, > that is a much smaller margin compared to 2008. The changes in party > identification over time are based on compiling 223 surveys and 300,000 > interviews among registered voters by the Pew Research Center from January 1990 to > June 2011. -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
