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DanielX
Junior Chimp
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E: 2.45, S: -4.70

« on: September 30, 2005, 12:06:10 PM »

if everyone voted with the strength of the ammount of money they make in a year, plus their current assets/liabilities, how would the election turn out

Essentially, the Republicans sweep everything but DC, a few urban areas, some suburban counties in the Northeast Corridor, and the far west coast.

Rural and Suburban wealthy are supermajority Republican, as they are chiefly businessmen and that sort. Urban wealthy is another story - it varies from city to city. In, for instance, Houston, the wealthy are big-time Republican, but in DC and San Francisco they're largely Democrat. Also, some suburban counties in the Northeast corridor have wealthy Democrats - particularly the DC suburbs, where even the wealthy either work for the government or for companies that do business with the government. Montgomery County, MD is an example. Also, the far west coast has some wealthy enclaves that are strongly social-liberal.   
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DanielX
Junior Chimp
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Posts: 5,126
United States


Political Matrix
E: 2.45, S: -4.70

« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2005, 03:32:10 AM »

if everyone voted with the strength of the ammount of money they make in a year, plus their current assets/liabilities, how would the election turn out

Essentially, the Republicans sweep everything but DC, a few urban areas, some suburban counties in the Northeast Corridor, and the far west coast.
 

You nutcase, if people voted their economic interest there wouldn't even be a GOP - it would get abou 2-3% of the vote.  The Democrats would get say about another 30%, and the rest would go to the Socialist Party.


You misinterperet. I was talking about one dollar, one vote. And guess who are the wealthy? Businessmen, largely.

Of course, if people really did vote their long-term economic interests (and not on political hype) they'd vote solid libertarian Tongue.
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