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FirmhandKY -> RE: Why Most Journalist are Democrats (8/6/2009 7:13:50 AM)
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ORIGINAL: kdsub
I think the reasons for political affiliation is pretty clear cut in general.
Of course I am making assumptions based on my age but I find most young people tend to come out of school very liberal. They have no idea of the true responsibility or the hardships of life. Their parents have protected and insolated them from the realities. Then as they gain families and responsibilities they turn more conservative especially if it affects their pocket books. Finally when they pass middle age they become liberal again because they need the social security system or, if well off, they fear the accounting with their maker.
That will always mean there will be more people liberal at any one time. They may however temporarily change their allegiance to liberalism due to war. I believe that was the case when the Republicans temporarily controlled Congress.
I believe most people in the media are…look at me type people…very ideologic and never grow from that early stage. Money and to some extent responsibility is not important to them…very speculative I know. Therefore they remain liberal most of their lives.
Butch
Butch,
You may want to review this report:
"Conservatives" Are Single-Largest Ideological Group
June 15, 2009
by Lydia Saad
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PRINCETON, NJ -- Thus far in 2009, 40% of Americans interviewed in national Gallup Poll surveys describe their political views as conservative, 35% as moderate, and 21% as liberal. This represents a slight increase for conservatism in the U.S. since 2008, returning it to a level last seen in 2004. The 21% calling themselves liberal is in line with findings throughout this decade, but is up from the 1990s.
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There is an important distinction in the respective ideological compositions of the Republican and Democratic Parties. While a solid majority of Republicans are on the same page -- 73% call themselves conservative -- Democrats are more of a mixture. The major division among Democrats is between self-defined moderates (40%) and liberals (38%). However, an additional 22% of Democrats consider themselves conservative, much higher than the 3% of Republicans identifying as liberal.
True to their nonpartisan tendencies, close to half of political independents -- 45% -- describe their political views as "moderate." Among the rest, the balance of views is tilted more heavily to the right than to the left: 34% are conservative, while 20% are liberal.
I started a thread where we discussed some of this last month, based on a different survey that you may find interesting: Special Report: Ideologically, Where Is the U.S. Moving?
Firm
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