Title: How did these industries voted in the 2012 election? Post by: BaldEagle1991 on April 06, 2013, 11:51:57 AM Give out a guess into how many people working in these industries voted in 2012.
Coal mining Oil and Gas Broadcast media (TV/Radio) Journalist Publications (Blogs, Newspapers) Higher education Medical (Doctors, Nurses) Military Logging Commercial airlines Religious clergy Film Professional sporting Construction IT/Tech Tourism Fishing Law Law Enforcement (Police, detectives) EMTs Title: Re: How did these industries voted in the 2012 election? Post by: Hip Hop Republican on April 06, 2013, 12:39:22 PM Coal mining -Romney
Oil and Gas -Romney Broadcast media (TV/Radio) -Tossup Journalist Publications (Blogs, Newspapers) -Tossup Higher education-Obama Medical (Doctors, Nurses) -Tossup Military -Romney Logging -Romney Commercial airlines-Romney Religious clergy -Romney Film-Obama Professional sporting -Romney Construction -Romney IT/Tech -Obama Tourism-Obama Fishing -Romney Law Law Enforcement (Police, detectives) -Romney EMTs-Obama Title: Re: How did these industries voted in the 2012 election? Post by: Goldwater on April 06, 2013, 02:57:12 PM Coal mining: Romney
Oil and Gas: Romney Broadcast media (TV/Radio): Tossup Journalist Publications (Blogs, Newspapers): Tossup Higher education: Obama Medical (Doctors, Nurses): Lean Obama Military: Romney Logging: Romney Commercial airlines: Lean Romney Religious clergy: Romney Film: Obama Professional sporting: Lean Romney Construction: Romney IT/Tech: Lean obama Tourism: Tossup Fishing: Romney Law Enforcement (Police, detectives): Romney EMTs: Obama Title: Re: How did these industries voted in the 2012 election? Post by: BaldEagle1991 on April 06, 2013, 06:29:52 PM My guess here is:
Coal mining - Romney Oil and Gas - Romney Broadcast media (TV/Radio) - Tossup Journalist Publications (Blogs, Newspapers) - Lean Obama Higher education - Obama Medical (Doctors, Nurses) - Lean Obama Military - Romney Logging - Romney Commercial airlines - Romney Religious clergy - Romney Film - Obama Professional sporting - Tossup Construction - Lean Romney IT/Tech - Obama Tourism - Obama Fishing - Romney Law - Tossup Law Enforcement (Police, detectives) - Romney EMTs - Lean Obama I'm surprised people would think Journalists would be Tossups. I was expecting a lot of "Obama" guesses on that one. Title: Re: How did these industries voted in the 2012 election? Post by: Knives on April 07, 2013, 10:06:24 AM Coal mining - R
Oil and Gas - R Broadcast media (TV/Radio) - D Journalist Publications (Blogs, Newspapers) - D Higher education - D Medical (Doctors, Nurses) - D Military - R Logging - R Commercial airlines - R Religious clergy - D Film - D Professional sporting - Tossup Construction - R IT/Tech - D Tourism - D Fishing - R Law - D Law Enforcement (Police, detectives) - R EMTs - D Title: Re: How did these industries voted in the 2012 election? Post by: BaldEagle1991 on April 08, 2013, 07:58:05 AM Religious clergy - D Explain. I doubt this guess. Title: Re: How did these industries voted in the 2012 election? Post by: TNF on April 08, 2013, 09:40:16 AM Coal mining
Oil and Gas Broadcast media (TV/Radio) Journalist Publications (Blogs, Newspapers) Higher education Medical (Doctors, Nurses) Military Logging Commercial airlines Religious clergy Film Professional sporting Construction IT/Tech Tourism Fishing Law Law Enforcement (Police, detectives) EMTs Title: Re: How did these industries voted in the 2012 election? Post by: Knives on April 08, 2013, 11:13:03 AM Religious clergy - D Explain. I doubt this guess. lol mistake Title: Re: How did these industries voted in the 2012 election? Post by: Indy Texas on May 14, 2013, 11:33:03 PM Coal mining: Romney
Oil and Gas: Romney Broadcast media (TV/Radio): Obama Journalist Publications (Blogs, Newspapers): Obama Higher education: Obama Medical (Doctors, Nurses): Nurses probably went for Obama; doctors probably lean Romney Military: lean Romney, but not as heavily Republican as they once were Logging: Romney (just about anything involving natural resource extraction goes to Romney) Commercial airlines: Obama; very unionized industry that has often relied on government assistance; even management/executives might lean towards Obama compared to executives in other industries Religious clergy: depends on the religion and the denomination Film: Obama Professional sporting: coaches and owners for Romney; as for the players, NBA strongly Obama, NFL strongly Obama, MLB probably a toss-up, NHL probably a toss-up (too many white guys) Construction: the workers themselves voted for Obama; the contractors and subcontractors are a tossup (the white ones went for Romney; the nonwhite ones didn't) IT/Tech: software engineers for Obama (the Apple, Microsoft, Google, etc folks); service and support and sales likely for Romney Tourism: Obama Fishing: Romney Law: Obama Law Enforcement (Police, detectives): Obama EMTs: mostly white males with "some college", therefore Romney Title: Re: How did these industries voted in the 2012 election? Post by: I spent the winter writing songs about getting better on May 16, 2013, 12:05:12 AM IT/Tech: software engineers for Obama (the Apple, Microsoft, Google, etc folks); service and support and sales likely for Romney Just about any lower end of middle class income service occupation that probably has people a bit more educated (even if college dropouts or "taking a break") and younger than normal is going to be for Obama. My workplace was somewhere around 80-90% for Obama and broke into impromptu applause once the passage of the gay marriage bill in the State Senate was announced. :P Also call centers tend to employ a lot of minorities. Title: Re: How did these industries voted in the 2012 election? Post by: Indy Texas on May 16, 2013, 09:21:52 PM IT/Tech: software engineers for Obama (the Apple, Microsoft, Google, etc folks); service and support and sales likely for Romney Just about any lower end of middle class income service occupation that probably has people a bit more educated (even if college dropouts or "taking a break") and younger than normal is going to be for Obama. My workplace was somewhere around 80-90% for Obama and broke into impromptu applause once the passage of the gay marriage bill in the State Senate was announced. :P Also call centers tend to employ a lot of minorities. Hewlett Packard has a lot of its sales, marketing and distribution departments headquartered in Houston (along with the remnants of Compaq that was there when they got bought out). I know many people who work in the "business side" of HP as a result. Making comparisons vertically in an organization isn't always helpful because of the income effect. Of course Obama will do better in the call center than in the C-suite. But if you compare the software engineers who make an upper-middle class income to the sales and marketing people who also make an upper-middle class income, the software engineers will have more Obama voters than the marketing and sales people. Title: Re: How did these industries voted in the 2012 election? Post by: I spent the winter writing songs about getting better on May 16, 2013, 10:28:30 PM Well when you talk about "sales and support" I'm thinking of ground level people. And it's pretty clear that the Geek Squad and Apple Store employees aren't mostly voting Romney.
Title: Re: How did these industries voted in the 2012 election? Post by: BaldEagle1991 on July 01, 2013, 05:02:35 PM Well when you talk about "sales and support" I'm thinking of ground level people. And it's pretty clear that the Geek Squad and Apple Store employees aren't mostly voting Romney. They'll be pretty Democratic, since they're working near (NOT at) minimum wage from what I've been told. Title: Re: How did these industries voted in the 2012 election? Post by: BaldEagle1991 on July 01, 2013, 05:05:23 PM NHL probably a toss-up (too many white guys) The majority of them are Canadian citizens so they really couldn't vote. Title: Re: How did these industries voted in the 2012 election? Post by: RandomWonder on July 01, 2013, 05:54:16 PM My guesses:
Coal mining - Romney Oil and Gas - Romney Broadcast media (TV/Radio) - Tossup Journalist Publications (Blogs, Newspapers) - Tossup Higher education - Obama Medical (Doctors, Nurses) - Slightly Romney Military - Romney Logging - Romney Commercial airlines - Romney Religious clergy - Romney Film - Obama Professional sporting - Tossup (I can't decide on any individual sport either, except for NASCAR, which probably went for Romney.) Construction - Romney IT/Tech - Obama Tourism - Obama Fishing - Romney Law - Obama Law Enforcement (Police, detectives) - Romney EMTs - Romney Title: Re: How did these industries voted in the 2012 election? Post by: ○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└ on July 02, 2013, 12:38:58 AM Coal mining - Romney
Oil and Gas - Romney Broadcast media (TV/Radio) - lean Romney Journalist Publications (Blogs, Newspapers) - tossup Higher education - Obama Medical (Doctors, Nurses) - lean Obama Military - tossup Logging - lean Romney Commercial airlines - lean Romney Religious clergy - Romney Film - lean Obama Professional sporting - lean Obama Construction - tossup IT/Tech - Obama Tourism - lean Obama Fishing - Romney Law - lean Obama Law Enforcement (Police, detectives) - Romney EMTs - tossup Title: Re: How did these industries voted in the 2012 election? Post by: I spent the winter writing songs about getting better on July 02, 2013, 12:46:44 AM Well when you talk about "sales and support" I'm thinking of ground level people. And it's pretty clear that the Geek Squad and Apple Store employees aren't mostly voting Romney. They'll be pretty Democratic, since they're working near (NOT at) minimum wage from what I've been told. Erm no. More like near double minimum wage. Which is still not rich or enough to benefit from Republican economic policies of course, but certainly not near minimum wage. Title: Re: How did these industries voted in the 2012 election? Post by: barfbag on July 03, 2013, 01:19:40 AM Most industries and sectors vote Republican. There are a lot of Democrats who stay at home and don't have to work due to large incomes or they're on welfare and food stamps. Working leads to conservatism. I've worked in grocery, retail, sales, fast food, construction, and office buildings. I have yet to find a liberal base of employees at any job I've ever had.
Title: Re: How did these industries voted in the 2012 election? Post by: Franknburger on July 03, 2013, 09:27:34 AM Most industries and sectors vote Republican. There are a lot of Democrats who stay at home and don't have to work due to large incomes or they're on welfare and food stamps. Working leads to conservatism. I've worked in grocery, retail, sales, fast food, construction, and office buildings. I have yet to find a liberal base of employees at any job I've ever had. Title: Re: How did these industries voted in the 2012 election? Post by: BaldEagle1991 on July 03, 2013, 05:19:21 PM Most industries and sectors vote Republican. There are a lot of Democrats who stay at home and don't have to work due to large incomes or they're on welfare and food stamps. Working leads to conservatism. I've worked in grocery, retail, sales, fast food, construction, and office buildings. I have yet to find a liberal base of employees at any job I've ever had. That is a total lie. Title: Re: How did these industries voted in the 2012 election? Post by: barfbag on July 03, 2013, 09:21:26 PM Most industries and sectors vote Republican. There are a lot of Democrats who stay at home and don't have to work due to large incomes or they're on welfare and food stamps. Working leads to conservatism. I've worked in grocery, retail, sales, fast food, construction, and office buildings. I have yet to find a liberal base of employees at any job I've ever had. Voter turnout in retail is very low. Did the medial field really vote for Obama? Age gaps are something to consider with the female vote altogether. Single women voted for Obama at a much higher rate than married women and single women tend to be younger than married women. I'm not sure the Democrats have the lock on women they claim to as much as they do with young and single women. Title: Re: How did these industries voted in the 2012 election? Post by: tpfkaw on July 03, 2013, 10:04:17 PM Coal mining - Romney, but had been a 70-30 D demo within my living memory
Oil and Gas - Romney Broadcast media (TV/Radio) - Obama Journalist Publications (Blogs, Newspapers) - Obama Higher education - Obama Medical (Doctors, Nurses) - Romney Military - Romney Logging - Romney Commercial airlines - Obama (heavily unionized) Religious clergy - Romney Film - Obama Professional sporting - Obama, but racial minorities significantly more GOP than nationally Construction - Obama (including day laborers) IT/Tech - Obama Tourism - Romney Fishing - Romney Law - Obama (trial lawyers are the main source of individual donations for the Democratic Party) Law Enforcement (Police, detectives) - Romney EMTs - Dunno, would guess Obama Title: Re: How did these industries voted in the 2012 election? Post by: barfbag on July 03, 2013, 10:50:15 PM Most industries and sectors vote Republican. There are a lot of Democrats who stay at home and don't have to work due to large incomes or they're on welfare and food stamps. Working leads to conservatism. I've worked in grocery, retail, sales, fast food, construction, and office buildings. I have yet to find a liberal base of employees at any job I've ever had. That is a total lie. We can debate it all day and because we have different ideologies, we won't ever agree and there's nothing wrong with that. Title: Re: How did these industries voted in the 2012 election? Post by: BaldEagle1991 on July 04, 2013, 12:00:57 AM Most industries and sectors vote Republican. There are a lot of Democrats who stay at home and don't have to work due to large incomes or they're on welfare and food stamps. Working leads to conservatism. I've worked in grocery, retail, sales, fast food, construction, and office buildings. I have yet to find a liberal base of employees at any job I've ever had. That is a total lie. We can debate it all day and because we have different ideologies, we won't ever agree and there's nothing wrong with that. We'll never agree, that's true. But there's no doubt political views have nothing to do with your work ethic. Title: Re: How did these industries voted in the 2012 election? Post by: Linus Van Pelt on July 04, 2013, 07:20:44 PM This (http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat18.htm) chart is worth taking a look at, not that it totally determines voting.
Title: Re: How did these industries voted in the 2012 election? Post by: barfbag on July 05, 2013, 08:30:46 PM Most industries and sectors vote Republican. There are a lot of Democrats who stay at home and don't have to work due to large incomes or they're on welfare and food stamps. Working leads to conservatism. I've worked in grocery, retail, sales, fast food, construction, and office buildings. I have yet to find a liberal base of employees at any job I've ever had. That is a total lie. We can debate it all day and because we have different ideologies, we won't ever agree and there's nothing wrong with that. We'll never agree, that's true. But there's no doubt political views have nothing to do with your work ethic. No but I think they go hand in hand. If you look deep into political parties, you'll find differences between Democrats and Republicans as far as which phones they're likely to have, which TV shows they watch, what music they listen to, the foods they prefer, and so forth. There was a time when some industries voted Republican and others Democratic, but income would be a larger influence than profession. My main point was the welfare system has become so great that most Democratic voters are receiving something for free from our government. There's an entitlement mentality. In my experience too, I have yet to work in a liberal environment and I've lived in mostly purple areas my whole life. A lot of my coworkers who have been liberal thought that they were singled out, treated unfairly, hated where they worked, thought the world owed them favors, and was always trying to bend rules. I'm not trying to be mean, but I'm looking in to what kinds of people are in different parties. Republicans are far from perfect too. Some tend to have a divisive mentality, not understand how government works, and are uneducated in religion. Everyone has their flaws. |