I was not pleased with all of the
questions either. I see a difference between legal and illegal
that is not seen in the questionnaire.
I also believe that it is possible to be poor and satisfied with
their financial situation. A lot depends on location, location,
location. Turns out that to be libertarian with these questions, one
has to be in favor of Homosexuality.
David
"Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of
what's good for people than people do is a swine."--P. J. O’Rourke
On 10/16/2011 7:37 PM, [email protected] wrote:
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
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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
>
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>
> 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.
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