How does this type of person vote?

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	How does this type of person vote? « on: June 05, 2014, 05:31:04 PM »
	« edited: June 05, 2014, 05:38:23 PM by Illini142 »

This person is a white male from Weston, Massachusetts. He is 31 years of age and is married with one child and another on on the way. He sits on the board of directors of his grandfather's light bulb company in Boston, a successful, multi-million dollar company started in 1958, which is the main source of his family's income. His wife does not have a job and he spends most of his time at home, as most of what work he has to do can be done from there. Their household income is $350,000/year. He attended Harvard out of high school before becoming a member of the BoD for the company and received an undergraduate degree in Business. His family has a long history at Harvard and is big donors to the university. Going back to his grandfather, the family has had a passion for innovation and education, reflective in their business dealings. The family is of Methodist religion, but the individual in question and his family do not practice although do not identify as atheists either (largely apathetic). He lives in a very large home in Weston, not far from the rest of his family, all of which own homes in Weston. The entirety of the family "summers" on Martha's Vinyard in the large home that is owned by the grandfather, now 91 years of age.

Here is the individual in question. How do they vote? Highlight the text below to reveal what I think, but I'd prefer you respond first.

These types of people are obviously a small demographic, but one that I have been fascinated with for a long time. I think that the person described is likely a self-identified Democrat with varying positions on specific issues. He is likely opposed to large minimum wage increases and tight business regulations as he believes they represent a net hurt on the poor. He is very progressive on social spending. He supports a universal health care system, increased spending on food stamps, and is very defensive of welfare programs as a means of making a "fair society" without burdensome regulation. He is also very strongly in favor of same-sex marriage and abortion rights. He abhors climate deniers and supports stricter environmental regulations on businesses than other types of regulations because there is no way that a safety net can save the environment. He considers himself an intellectual and strongly dislikes the anti-intellectualism of the GOP. He has never voted Republican for President in his life and it is rare in other elections as well, although he kind of likes Scott Brown. He and the rest of his family have a history of big political donations to liberal candidates stretching all the way back to the civil rights era. They consider themselves a part of the northeastern elite and look down upon southerners while seeing southern elites as immoral people who want to take advantage of the poor and minorities to prove that they are elites.