Posted on 09/13/2008 6:51:19 PM PDT by JavaJumpy
On August 31 at Newsbusters, Warner Todd Huston caught NBC political correspondent Andrea Mitchell's assessment about the kind of women who would be supporting the McCain-Palin ticket:
..... they (McCain-Palin) think that they can peel off some of these working class women, not college educated, who, the blue collar women who were voting for Hillary Clinton and may be more conservative on social causes.
Combining Mitchell's take with the statement by Eleanor Clift (noted by NB's Brent Baker) that "in many newsrooms" McCain's pick of Sarah Palin was "greeted by "laughter," you get the distinct impression that the media believe that women who are supporting McCain-Palin aren't very smart.
The Mitchell-Clift Maxim isn't passing the smell test in Ohio, at least if the results of the University of Cincinnati's Ohio Poll released earlier today (a PDF can be retrieved at this link; HT to NB commenter Dee Bunk) are to be believed.
The overall results show McCain-Palin up 48% - 44%, which is barely outside the poll's 3.5% margin of error. The demographic results based on education level contradict the Mitchell Maxim in a major way:
Those with less than a high school education favor Obama by 63-32. Those with a high school education favor Obama by 49-42. Those who have some college education favor McCain by 52-37. Those who have a college degree favor McCain by 50-44. There's no breakdown between males and females within education level, but it's hard to imagine that McCain is getting a majority of women in the first two categories.
As a resident of the Buckeye State, I can say informally that this result seems to conform to reality.
What was that you were saying, Andrea and Eleanor?
Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com.
—Tom Blumer is president of a training and development company in Mason, Ohio, and is a contributing editor to NewsBusters
It’ll break down like it usually does: the uneducated and over-educated vote for the Marxist and the rest of us vote Republican.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Isn't that what they said about the Hillary Voters too.
college educated women are more likely to be taxed under Obama. Unless, of course, they dedicate their lives to ACORN
BA 1987
MBA 2001
Cannot WAIT to vote for McCain/Palin (especially Palin)
My wife is an accountant AND an MBA - I have NEVER seen her this excited about politics until McCain picked Palin....she is messmerized by Palin, i kid you not...
Of course, she thinks Obama would be a disaster for America...as bad or worse than Carter...
I seriously feel there should be an IQ test or at least a basic “citizenship type” of questionaire required for voting. Or an alternative qualification for voting would be to require a person to be either a (1) a property owner (2) tax-payer (3) full-time student or (4) employed.
BS 2000
MBA 2004
Ph.D 2008
Can’t wait to vote for for Republican ticket...
Years of Education made me more educated, not stupid...
Bingo!
You noticed the elite snobbery too: Despite the evidence, the eiltes (1) deny they are elite snobs (2) because they are elite snobs, think (KNOW!) that their thoughts and conclusions are what everybody should do - except them.
Years of Education made me more educated, not stupid...
Good one.
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JD 1981
LLM 1991
MS 1999
PHD 2007
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