Which of these common political fallacies annoy you the most? (user search)
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  Which of these common political fallacies annoy you the most? (search mode)
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#1
Reagan Democrats are a sizeable voting constituency
 
#2
City residents are poor, suburbanites are rich
 
#3
WY/ID/UT are libertarian states
 
#4
Most SNAP participants are black
 
#5
Elections always come down to a few "swing" voters
 
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« on: September 20, 2013, 09:11:19 AM »

That people of color turnout to vote less than white people.

This and Option 2 in the poll are, in fact, statistically accurate even if they might be arguably misleading in that they obscure the massive variation within urban/suburban areas and minority groups.  There are plenty of rich urbanites and poor suburbantites, but on average the suburbs are wealthier than the central cities; likewise while African-Americans vote about as much as whites, Latinos, Asians, and Native Americans all have much worse turnout.

And of course Option 4 is the worst offender in this list.

I was under the impression that the difference in apparent voter turnout for Latinos/Asians was due to lower % of citizenship, and that among citizens the rates were basically the same. Which actually would mean that people of color are more likely to vote than whites of similar class/education, given the huge racial gap in those. As for Native Americans really idk, small sample sizes and all.
I don't know about Indians in general, but I know that Red Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota has 90%-ish turnout.
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