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Country-club Dems
By Gary AndresRepublicans are the party of the rich. Isn't that an immutable law of American politics? While certainly a popular truism for the past half-century, it's getting a little rusty today, dampened by new information about public opinion and voter behavior. Consider these developments. According to a recent analysis in the Wall Street Journal, President Bush beat the Gucci pants off John Kerry by 58 percent to 41 percent among those earning more that $100,000 per year. But these voters became less Republican two years later, choosing the GOP over the Democrats by only a 51 percent to 47 percent margin in the 2006 elections. And now the numbers have flipped completely. According to a recent Wall Street Journal poll, those earning over $100,000 want a Democrat to win the White House in 2008 by a 48 percent to 41 percent margin, and prefer a Democratic Congress by 45 percent to 42 percent. Posted by: Fred 2007-12-28 |
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