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Originally Posted by mheisig
This might be more useful:
Gallup Poll: Education, Race, Income and Political Affiliation
Pretty much split down the middle on education until you get to post-graduate where Obama has a 13 point advantage.
I think that raises an interesting "chicken or egg" question. Do those with post-grad degrees favor Obama because they're more intelligent and more intelligent people just favor Obama? Do the universities tend toward a Democrat position because they're more intelligent, or are they a product of a largely Democratic/liberal university system and the system attracts its own? Essentially are the universities predominantly Democratic and therefore the people who thrive in that environment (i.e. go on to obtain a post-grad degree) tend to be Democrats also?
Obviously each side would like to claim one position or the other. I think simply looking at the poll and concluding that "Smarter people favor Obama" is an oversimplification - it deserves some more thought. |
universities have been known for a long time as being VERY skewed towards liberal politics. and it's not obama, it's democrats in general, though he's a liberal's liberal. It started after WWII, i's assume vietnam had a big hand in it, and now i'd tend to think that there's probably some indoctrination, at least for those that get phd's and stay in the world of academia.
as far as which party is smarter, i don't think you can prove it either way. if you poll CEOs and top level business managers, you'd probably get skewed conservative views, and i'd wager, even if they don't have as many phds (specialty knowledge), they're just as smart.