The people that Simpson and Obama are insulting

[eridani]

In WA State, there is no registration by party, therefore the party voter database does statistical analyses based on phonebanking and doorbelling results, caucus attendance, public records of donations, etc. The rankings are periodically validated by independent surveyers. The categories are mostly self-explanatory. "Unknown" means that party points have been assigned but not enough to determine a statistically valid designation. "No data" means that no data has been entered about a voter, a category that is heavily dominated by youger voters. Below is the data compiled for my legislative district.


By party ID all ages
M% F%
Strong Democrat 43.5% 56.4%
Democrat 44.2% 55.8%
Ind-Democrat 46.0% 53.9%
Independent 50.7% 49.3%
Ind-Republican 51.0% 49.0%
Republican 53.3% 46.6%
Strong Repub 52.7% 47.3%
Unknown 51.8% 48.1%
No data 50.9% 49.0%
Total 48.5% 51.4%


By party ID older than 50
M% F%
Strong Democrat 40.9% 59.1%
Democrat 42.8% 57.2%
Ind-Democrat 44.4% 55.6%
Independent 49.6% 50.4%
Ind-Republican 50.0% 50.0%
Republican 51.5% 48.5%
Strong Repub 51.2% 48.8%
Unknown 52.3% 47.7%
No data 52.3% 47.7%
Total 47.0% 53.0%

You will notice that Republicans are male majority, but that the distinction between M and F voters is nowhere near as great as it is for Democrats, who trend Democratic by significant majorities. Men over 50 are slightly less likely to be Republican. However, among voters over 50, Democrats are by far a women's voting bloc.

These are the people that Simpson and Obama are insulting. These are the peoplewho sustain society with the vast majority of unpaid labor, who are more likely to be poor in old age for that reason, and who rely mostly on Social Security. The folks who have done more socially useful work in a week than that sociopathic shitstain Simpson has done in his entire life. The folks that Simpson thinks should just die already. The folks who are most likely to have FDR New Deal values. The folks who are most likely to vote in off-year elections.

I just don't BELIEVE how fucking tone-deaf the Obama adminsitration is before a crucial mid-term election. If Democrats cut Social Security, they are over as a political party.

And yes, Obama has insulted us by accepting an apology from Simpson. Given that he isn't an old woman, he had no standing whatsoever to do that.

[Fumesucker]

1. K&R, thanks for posting..

[AndyA]

2. Obama needs to get rid of Simpson. Period.

Even if he apologized for what he said this time, he has a long history of issues that indicate he is not an acceptable person for the position he holds.

Obama is pushing his base away by his actions.

[Wednesdays]

3. Interesting gender gap

Strong Dem (all ages)
M - 43.5%
F - 56.4%

Strong GOP (all ages)
M - 52.7%
F - 48.8%

Males weigh more heavily GOP by 9.2%
Females weigh more heavily Dem by 7.6%
"Swing" total of 16.8%

Over 50

Strong Dem (over 50)
M - 40.9%
F - 59.1%

Strong GOP (over 50)
M - 51.5%
F - 48.5%

Males weigh more heavily GOP by 10.6%
Females weigh more heavily Dem by 10.6%
"Swing" total of 21.2%

[eridani]

4. Kick for the day crew n/t