Forum Post: Understanding the US political landscape
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 9, 2011, 6:35 p.m. EST by randallburns
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from Washougal, WA
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http://www.people-press.org/typology/
Pew Institute did a detailed analysis of the american electorate a few years ago. If OWS is going to really give a voice to a consensus to the bottom 99%-or anything close to it, I think it behooves us all to better understand what the current range of opinion actually is.
Many of us are actually surrounded by folks who think like we do-and that can limit us.
Pew analysis suggests that there are 3 voter groups that tend to attract the most wealthy americans-they call them the Enterprises(GOP), Liberals(Democrats) and Upbeats(and independent voter group). These groups account for most political donations-but a smaller part of the overall electorate.
Obama 2012 re-election Finance director is the son of former Bank Of America CEO charles gifford, just one of the bankers who created this mess, "keeping it all in the family" WE ARE DOOMED
This is interesting, but dense, and worth reading. Thanks.
Years ago, I worked at the National Opinion research Center. I'm happy to help with understanding any issues you have problems with. Yes, it is dense-but still worthwhile.
Speaking for 99% means speaking not just for scruffy anarchists-but also folks that have a more conservative bent. The key really is to help the folks that truly identify with the upper 1% to understand they have been conned.
I totally agree with you.