Didn't we know that already? On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 1:56 PM Prof David West <profw...@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> I encountered the following assertions but have not been able to confirm > or refute. > > 65% of Americans earning $500,000/yr or more are registered Democrats and > 74% of those earning $100,000 or less are Registered Republican. > (Supposedly, IRS is source, but I can find it.) > > The 20 wealthiest Congressional Districts have Democratic representatives. > (How was wealth measured?) > > 17 of the 20 wealthiest zip codes gave more money to Democrats than > Republicans. ( > > More than half of the wealthiest individuals (Forbes list I guess) in the > US, consistently support, in words and contributions (how would anyone > know) "liberal democratic" values and causes. > > If these were true, it would be interesting to the extent it belies the > caricatures of the Republican party as the bastion of the plutocrats and > the Democratic party as the champion of the working class. > > davew > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > -- Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. Center for Emergent Diplomacy emergentdiplomacy.org Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA mobile: (303) 859-5609 skype: merle.lelfkoff2 twitter: @merle110
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