2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What is the disconnect between DU and the party at-large? [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)generally than the rest of the population generally.
Well, to be more precise, not only DU posters, but posters on all political message board. They tend to have more political info than people in the general population. So that is one difference between DU and the general population. I think that is undeniable. I did not say only DU's Bernie supporters have more info than the general population.
And I do believe that people vote their self interest, one way or another. I don't know many who say, this person's policies will decrease my income or cost me my job, but he or she will benefit others, so I'll take the hit. Ben and Jerry are among the exceptions, I think. Maybe I am too, who knows? But, most people will vote their self interest.
That is my opinion and I am sticking with it, but I did not say DU's Hillary supporters are more low info than DU's Bernie supporters. On that, I think there's no difference. Some individual DUers are higher info than some others. I freely admit some know more than I do, for example. But, as a group, basically the same.