culture wars without end
Well, apropos and I have been spitting in the wind with regard to self-interest, or at least we've been preaching to the choir while talking to ourselves.
According to the latest polls, Americans on both left and right are voting squarely against their wallets!
"Lower income whites like Bush's proposal to ban gay marriage but only a quarter believe his policies have been good for the economy. In contrast, affluent whites who have benefitted the most from the Bush tax cuts believe Bush's policies have hurt the economy. In short, far more than in previous years, economic policy is taking a back seat to cultural issues. The real divide seems to be between deeply religious lower income, lower education, voters living in small towns and rural areas who have conservative values on abortion and gay marriage versus higher income, higher education, secular, urban voters who have progressive views on cultural issues."
From electoral vote predictor October 27 --
The racialization of American politics blocks any rational class identification on the part of poor whites. In turn, the economic interests of the plutocracy are well served by its exploitation of lower middle class whites whites, who would rather identify with white than poor, even when it is against their own interests to defund the very public services (public schools and public works) upon which they most depend.
From the LA Times article and poll of October 26, 2004
"For all the Democratic promises to protect the middle class — despite the traditional GOP identification as the party of the rich — Bush runs best among voters clustered around the nation's median income of roughly $43,000 per household, and Kerry is strongest among the least affluent and the most comfortable, the survey finds.
This pattern is vividly illustrated when minority voters, who tend to vote heavily Democratic, are separated from the results. The president dominates among white voters earning from $40,000 to $100,000 a year, winning about three-fifths of that group.
Whites earning $40,000 a year or less split closely between Kerry (46%) and Bush (50%). Among white voters, Kerry leads only among those earning at least $100,000 per year — who prefer him over Bush, 52% to 45%."
According to the latest polls, Americans on both left and right are voting squarely against their wallets!
"Lower income whites like Bush's proposal to ban gay marriage but only a quarter believe his policies have been good for the economy. In contrast, affluent whites who have benefitted the most from the Bush tax cuts believe Bush's policies have hurt the economy. In short, far more than in previous years, economic policy is taking a back seat to cultural issues. The real divide seems to be between deeply religious lower income, lower education, voters living in small towns and rural areas who have conservative values on abortion and gay marriage versus higher income, higher education, secular, urban voters who have progressive views on cultural issues."
From electoral vote predictor October 27 --
The racialization of American politics blocks any rational class identification on the part of poor whites. In turn, the economic interests of the plutocracy are well served by its exploitation of lower middle class whites whites, who would rather identify with white than poor, even when it is against their own interests to defund the very public services (public schools and public works) upon which they most depend.
From the LA Times article and poll of October 26, 2004
"For all the Democratic promises to protect the middle class — despite the traditional GOP identification as the party of the rich — Bush runs best among voters clustered around the nation's median income of roughly $43,000 per household, and Kerry is strongest among the least affluent and the most comfortable, the survey finds.
This pattern is vividly illustrated when minority voters, who tend to vote heavily Democratic, are separated from the results. The president dominates among white voters earning from $40,000 to $100,000 a year, winning about three-fifths of that group.
Whites earning $40,000 a year or less split closely between Kerry (46%) and Bush (50%). Among white voters, Kerry leads only among those earning at least $100,000 per year — who prefer him over Bush, 52% to 45%."
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