Romney's GOP Supporters Tilt Upscale; Palin's, Downscale (Everybody is downscale now??)

GALLUP ^ | May 9,2011 | Lydia Saad

[Hojczyk]

Republican college degree holders are more likely than those without a degree to support Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, 21% vs. 13%. Similarly, Romney's support climbs from 9% of Republicans earning less than $24,000 annually to 21% of those earning $90,000 or more. The reverse is true for Sarah Palin, who is favored by nearly twice as many Republicans without a college degree as those with one, 16% vs. 9%, and her support decreases by income from 22% among the lowest income group to 7% among the highest.

[Sir Napsalot]

This is the propaganda wing of Obama trying to paint Palin supporters as dumb and unsuccessful, a la PA rednecks who are losers in life, bitterly clinging guns and Bible, etc. etc. (narrative variation 3056).

Of course, in their minds,
college degree = smart (if you have one of those Ivy gold gilded ones = supersmarts)
earnings = successful or not in life.

One can play their game, too. “Young and Smart people” starting out with lower income apparently appreciate Palin more than Romney. Again, nothing new here, Romeny = establishment GOP RINOwing.

[Brookhaven]

Given that studies (by the New York Times of all papers) of Tea Partiers shows they are (as a group) better educated than the general population, and that Palin has strong support among Tea Partiers, and the only conclusion is that there is something going unspoken in the poll.

Is this good news for Romney? No. It is likely the result of Romney having a small, narrow base of supporters primarliy drawn from one segment of society, while Palin has a large, broad base of supporters drawn from many parts of society.

Romney - 5 supporters, 80% (4) are college graduates.
Palin - 100 million supporters, 30% college grads.

So yea, a higher percentage of Romney supporters are college graduates. But this isn’t good news for Romney. All it means is that Romney doesn’t appeal to a broad enough base of supporters to win.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Most of the millionaires I’ve known were high school grads, high school dropouts or community college/vo-tech grads. The only one that I knew had a degree is my b@$+@rd uncle who owned a chain of banks in Florida. He made J.R. Ewing look like Major Tony Nelson.

[GonzoGOP]

Just shows a college degree doesn’t mean you’re smart.

You have to have been broke at least once in your life in order to truly understand the concept. All of my brothers and my sister have at lest a Bachelors of Science, and a couple of us have masters. But we all live frugally and are all very conservative. Mostly because we were not born with a silver spoon in our mouths. From childhood we understood to never take money for granted. We were not poor, but we had to make choices. We instinctively learned the difference between a need and a want and how to prioritize them.

Our parents also taught us that if you stay out of debt, when tough times hit you can weather them. We may not have had the biggest houses, but they were all paid off early. In my case before I was 35. And none of us have lost a house or been in credit trouble, even when extended layoffs occurred.

People who have always been upscale like Romney because they have never had postpone gratification. They don't instantly grasp the concept that you can't have everything you want, just because having it sounds like a good idea. If you have had to do prioritize purchases, even if you later move up scale, you will always become angry when someone tries to take what you worked to get. Because it means an even longer time before you can move from needs to wants.

[PoloSec]

So it goes; so many have been educated beyond their intelligence...worse yet their total lack of common sense.

[DecentAmerican]

Very educated, several college degrees, successful here.

Will have tears of joy when I see President Palin making history, and saving America, when she is sworn in January 2013.

Amen.

[Jeff Vader]

I thought J.R. Ewing was Major Tony Nelson?

[Thunder90]

I have a college degree and I think Romney is full of it...

[70th Division]

I would bet that the college educated were stacked to show young voter. Not us over 30 and I way over 30 LOL

[Hojczyk]

College is a waste of time and money...unless one takes science and engerning...except for the Ivy leagues they love to hire each other..

[Pollster1]

Most of the millionaires I’ve known were high school grads, high school dropouts or community college/vo-tech grads. The only one that I knew had a degree is my b@$+@rd uncle who owned a chain of banks in Florida. He made J.R. Ewing look like Major Tony Nelson.

I know a whole lot of millionaires, but the most sensible and responsible among them worked up a sweat while earning their money. I'd put plumbers, electricians, carpenters, builders (except for the ones with "connections" on the planning board, surgeons including ob.gyn, and engineers on that list.

[Waryone]

I’m from the Ivy League. I will never support that socialist Romney.

[tennmountainman]

i.e Chekpants Karl Rove Republicians vs Grassroots

[Sea Parrot]

This is a rather longwinded rant of random thoughts, seems the older I get, the more prone I become for such pontificating.

Higher education is made much of by some people, but it is not the end all, for all people. To obtain a higher education is a noble and laudable thing, but it is not achievable, nor desired by everyone.

I, along with five siblings were the children of a divorced single Mother who detested any thought of accepting commodities (AKA welfare at the time) etc, and to say we were poor, would be a gross understatement. Mother only made it to the sixth grade, but she had a root wild hog or die work ethic, and aside from her unstinting love, that was perhaps the greatest gift she instilled in and bequeathed to us all.

In the early 1950s we became migrant farm workers, following the crops from east to west and north to south, cotton chopping and picking, fruits and vegetables. We did it all, and often our only home was an old Chevy, with Mother’s kitchen consisting of a little two burner kerosene stove set up beside the road. When hungry, a diet of fry bread and potatoes with yellow mustard was good food, with quantity taking precedence over quality. 60 years later, the smell of a lit unscented kerosene lamp brings back a rush of those memories. But I digress.

Education for siblings and I was a catch as catch can thing, but with all being voracious readers, (escape into world’s other than our own) Mother never denied us access to public libraries. (although being transients, some libraries often did)

Aside from youngest brother, who went on to obtain a university degree, the rest of us never completed high school and are for the most part self educated, yet having had successful and productive lives.

I myself quit school after the eighth grade and went to work full time, but years later, did walk in off the street, took and passed the GED test. I have never felt held back for the lack of a formal education. Knowing that producing results count for more than a piece of paper, I always strove for that end in any work or job I undertook. I have chaired committees consisting of professional engineers of various disciplines, I have been granted US mechanical patents, (and sold numerous other inventions outright) and retired from the private sector at age 52.

Public libraries have always afforded for free, most any subject one might seek the learning of. But today with the Internet, knowledge of the ages is at one’s finger tips, and there is simply no excuse for ignorance. The point being, those that have the want, will get the how.

Throwing good money after bad at attempts for educating the, uncaring, lazy, shiftless, and incompetent, is a total waste of time, energy, and resources. They will neither garner benefit for themselves or society, ever.

[Tennessee Nana]

Downscale...

yeah thats me...

just a conservative slob...

[Diogenesis]

"But the details of the event are more than unseemly - they may, in fact, be illegal. Massachusetts's animal cruelty laws specifically prohibit anyone from carrying an animal "in or upon a vehicle, or otherwise, in an unnecessarily cruel or inhuman manner or in a way and manner which might endanger the animal carried thereon. "An officer for the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals responded to a description of the situation saying "it's definitely something I'd want to check out." The officer, Nadia Branca, declined to give a definitive opinion on whether Romney broke the law but did note that it's against state law to have a dog in an open bed of a pick-up truck, and "if the dog was being carried in a way that endangers it, that would be illegal." "Dog on Roof? What Was It Like for Romney's Pooch? - Scientists Say Dog Likely Experienced Wind-Whipped, Uncomfortable Trip - "Before beginning the drive, Mitt Romney put Seamus, the family's hulking Irish setter, in a dog carrier and attached it to the station wagon's roof rack. e'd built a windshield for the carrier, to make the ride more comfortable for the dog,".. Jordan Kaplan, the owner of Petaholics, a dog walking service in New York City, and a lifelong dog owner and dog lover, said Romney's actions were uncalled for" "Romney's dog - This is a distinction Mitt Romney probably could do without, but he is surely the first presidential candidate to be attacked for putting a dog with diarrhea in a carrier and tying it to the top of a station wagon. Romney's defense: Seamus liked it. [like the citizens under Romney's RomneyCARE, etc.?] " "As the oldest son, Tagg Romney commandeered the way-back of the wagon, keeping his eyes fixed out the rear window, where he glimpsed the first sign of trouble. ''Dad!'' he yelled. ''Gross!'' A brown liquid was dripping down the back window, payback from an Irish setter who'd been riding on the roof in the wind for hours. As the rest of the boys joined in the howls of disgust, Romney coolly pulled off the highway and into a service station. There, he borrowed a hose, washed down Seamus and the car, then hopped back onto the highway." "Story about dog on car roof comes back to bite Romney - 200 comments from readers complaining of animal cruelty" Romney's bad behavior Exposed by Seamus "Romney Loses Nomination Over Dog Abuse? - Romney was traveling that summer with his wife, five sons, and Seamus to his parent's cottage on Lake Huron. But hours into the ride, Seamus apparently suffered diarrhea, which ran down the back window of the car. .David Kravitz wrote on BlueMassGroup, a liberal blog. "It also strikes me as classic Romney: it solves a problem efficiently, in a business-like manner, and with no regard whatsoever for the suffering that the solution may cause."