To the Rarest Democratic Voter of them all: The White Man Democrat -- I applaud your Courage!

[boingboinh]

As a white woman I am still amazed that a majority of white men consistently and unapologeticly vote republican in every election cycle even if doing so goes against their best interests. To this day i STILL can't figure out why. And voting in a Black man as president just compounded their exodus with excuses like "He's from Kenya", "He's Muslin (sic)". Apparently low information runs rampant in that demo.

Maybe its due to an overwhelming amount of courage or simply possessing an IQ above 80, i applaud that rarest of democrat voter lurking here on DU, the white man, because we are on the verge of placing your group on the endangered species list.

Maybe white men just naturally prefer republican BS, explaining their majority. Maybe the same logic can be applied to democrat women where we've held a majority for decades. And so I wonder if the minority of women who vote republican do so because they are victims who can't say no to their abusers -- Stockholm Syndrome? If so then do the minority of white men who vote democrat feel the same way -- being a victim who cant say no to your abusive democrat leaders?



Bringing sexy back!

[cali]

1. hardly that rare as tens of millions of white men vote democratic.

and it hardly takes courage to do so. Plus, it's just partisan baloney that women who vote republican are victims of Stockholm Syndrome.

I'm a democrat and a liberal, but partisanship doesn't seem to have addled my brain.

[DCKit]

4. Says you!

Kidding, but there is a lot of pressure to "conform" to the standard view.

If nothing else, the OP has made me feel much better about my "hair sprouting up in unexpected places" issues. But no, I'm not going to take credit for being brave, just less racially insane than so many other people.

[OnionPatch]

2. Not so rare.

Being a white woman, I know many. Actually, in my circle of aquaintences, there are more white men who support Obama than Romney and I'm no college kid.

[safeinOhio]

3. Angry, old, white fart here.

Angry about the injustice I see everyday, so I always vote for the Liberal, Progressive. I'm a straight against hate, see men and women as in it together and celebrate diversity. May not be the majority, but will fight to the end.

[rDigital]

22. Here, here! I'm not old yet, but I'm angry too and catching up fast! nt

[jberryhill]

5. "Maybe white men just naturally prefer republican BS"

And maybe your comment is completely full of shit.

I'm a white man who has been voting Democratic since I turned 18, and do not want your "praise" for overcoming my naturally evil white man tendencies.

Maybe you hang around the wrong people or just naturally make stupid fucking assumptions about others.

[nolabels]

8. I make assumptions about myself

Like i thought i had a little bit of problem with some extra hair on my back

[Maximumnegro]

35. White men DO naturally prefer Republican BS

how is that even controversial? Once the Dixiecrats switched over to the GOP, they've held a large piece of the white male pie. That's not even up for debate.

[jberryhill]

37. What do you mean by the word "naturally"

Just curious.

Go ahead and explain it in some way that makes sense to use the word "naturally" if you are not referring to some kind of genetic predisposition.

[Codeine]

6. Imagine how hard we would puke

if we read the exact opposite of this post over in Freeperland; "To the Rarest Republican Voter of them all: The Black Man Democrat -- I applaud your Courage!"

It's not as though white guys are breaking 90-10 for Romney, ferfuxsake.

[Butterbean]

13. You and jberryhill put into words what I couldn't. Thank you. n/t

[jberryhill]

24. .

White guy:



Southern white guy:



Southern white guy:



Southern white guy:

[NoPasaran]

7. Just another day for Bicycle Repair Man

[leftyohiolib]

9. they are easily led with wordy bravado - they lack brains so they rely on show

[GitRDun]

10. Some of it is iq

Some of it is simply generational, it's what they were taught, or saw all around them growing up. Older white guy here as well.

[LP2K12]

11. Yep...

There are plenty of us breaking this "stereotype."

I'm a white, male voter. I'm a veteran, NRA member, NASCAR lover... etc etc etc.

For me it's not about skin color, religion or who their favorite driver is.

It's about policies and the Republicans just don't have any good ones.

Solid blue baby, solid blue!

[postulater]

12. Maybe it's cuz I have 4 sisters,

Two daughters, a streak of Irish starvation history, and value science. I figure that just makes me sensible and respectful and a bit bitter toward The Man.

[budkin]

14. Represent!

I don't get how anyone can vote Republican

[oswaldactedalone]

15. I prefer to think of it as intelligence

rather than courage, but I accept your applause nonetheless.

[bemildred]

16. White male red-state Democrats, yes. The rest of us, it's easy. nt

[nobunnyclue]

17. White women pulling for Romney: cf. Ohio high school girls elect Romney

Anecdote: The league of women voters held a mock election at a top flight Catholic girls high school in the suburbs of Cleveland, allowing two days of debates, leafleting, and voting. This is a predominantly white, affluent population, but in fact they are mark a subset of women that will disproportionate go on to college and professional callings. They are also the ones whose lives will be most directly affected by unavailability of prescription birth control and other family planning.

I expected a Romeny win, but he captured a 20% margin of victory. I was appalled. When I was a kid, you went to Catholic school because the education was more rigorous and disciplined, but when it was time to deal with the moral / reproductive stuff, mom stepped in with the authoritative veto. Is it really the case that society, as consumers of this crap, is letting the parallel track Catholic education system mold our daughters into 18 year olds who beleive their best interest is to put a man in the white house whose faith treats women like baby machines?

Now I am a sometimes swing voter, but in this election I will be voting a blue slate. I'm a Keynsian fiscal conservative (meaning I would have liked to see tax increases and spending cuts during the Bush boom years to bring down the deficit). I understand the importance of government spending in a recession. I would expect that at $11,000+/year, this high school would be teaching that kind of "advanced" economics to our daughters, not teaching them that God wants more babies in the world and that evolution is phony science. I was taught evolution by a born-again-Christian. She presented both sides and then said, "What I beleive is my personal choice, just as it is your personal choice which theory you believe." And that lesson, not about the science of evolution, but about personal choice, has stuck with me ever since. (And why the church has been to taking the nuns to task for their "disregard" of papal edicts.) I sit on the boundary line of social liberals who would actually consider sending my daughters to a private Catholic school to get a better education than they can in the public system, particularly as public school budgets continue to be cut. The news about the Magnificat mock election makes it pretty clear what a huge mistake that would be!

[DJWBlue]

18. You'd have a better chance finding Bigfoot in Texas than finding a white, middle-age Democrat.

Judging by the befuddled looks I get when I explain to others (particularly other white, middle-age Texans) that I am and have always been a Democrat, I am considered somewhat of an oddity. A number of years ago, I interviewed for a position with a large law firm and the interviewing partner, who was probably in his early seventies, asked if I was a Democrat or Republican. I told him, and his response was, "Well, we hire queers now, I see no reason why we can't hire a Democrat." I

[hrmjustin]

19. Oh my! Welcome to DU my friend.

[DJWBlue]

21. Thank you. Friend of mine turned me on to this site a few weeks ago. I love it.

[seabeyond]

23. white middle aged dem living in texas... right here. though, i am not a texan

i have lived here a couple decades.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

20. I Was The Only Member Of My Peer Group In 84 Who Voted For Mondale/nt

[theKed]

25. What an absurdly patronizing post.

That we are predominantly low-intelligence, herd-minded, psychological troubled, victims? Really? Jesus christ. Do you really feel like patting us on the head with a "good boy" whenever we veer off the right-wing we're, apparantly, predisposed to cling to?

Sexist, racist, and insulting to a demographic trying to help you. Nice.

[blazeKing]

26. Women are *more likely* to be collectivist

Caring about the whole. Men are *more likely* to only care about themselves and their families, or in other words, be more individualistic.

Obama represents the whole, Romney represents the individual.


By the way, I'm a white male liberal Democrat.


Notice I say MORE LIKELY. There are no absolutes.


*oops this was supposed to be a reply to the thread, not to you TheKed.

[CANDO]

27. 48 yr old White (male) Democrat

IQ? I have no idea! Long time voter and long time Democrat!

[shayes51]

28. My husband is a while male Democrat in Alabama.

I think he has a special challenge as others tend to assume that he hates Obama. He does not hesitate to put them in their place.

[OldDem2012]

32. It gets really quiet here in Alabama when I tell people I'm voting for the President....

...in the rare instance that someone mouths off, I have no difficulty in responding with actual facts. It gets even quieter then. LOL.

[Aristus]

29. I'm a white 44 year-old male Christian liberal Democrat.

No courage necessary. Just brains, a heart, and common sense.

I cast my vote for President Obama in early voting last week. I voted for him in 2008, Kerry in 2004, Gore in 2000, and Clinton in 1996. I don't think I'll ever vote for another republican. They've become too fucking crazy and stupid...

[NCLefty]

30. You need to say "white, male, and straight"

Because no self-respecting gay person, white or otherwise, would ever vote for a Republican.

Romney's spokesperson said he wants to remove the directive Obama put in that allows gay people hospital visitation rights.

[OldDem2012]

31. Lots of crap being thrown around in this thread about "old white guys" and it's pissing me off.....

....lots of us fought for liberal causes before we could even vote. In many respects, modern liberalism has roots in what my generation accomplished back in the 1960s.

I bet quite a few people in this thread did absolutely NOTHING while the GOP tore down and eroded many of the rights for which we fought. Now you're finally waking up and seeing the threat, but you want to crap on the people who helped WIN the rights in the first place?

Incredible. Just STFU about "old white guys".

[RBInMaine]

36. There are exceptions, but when you look at the numbers, the solid majority of older white males

are indeed R over D. Just the way it is and it is too bad. In fact, a good many of the progressives of the 60's have gone over to R. It is sad. Christ, 1/3 of union workers vote R. What the heck is up with that? And they are mostly middle aged white guys. Sad but true.

[RBInMaine]

33. It is especially OLD and MIDDLE AGED white males. Less so among younger, and trending that way as

you look down the road. Future demographics spell DOOM for the Repugs.

[DerelictDeminGA]

34. Glad to do my part

[lolamio]

38. My husband, his brothers, my dad and two of my brothers are all white male Democrats! Love em' all!

[EmilyAnne]

39. My father is one of the rarest of them all!

White.
Texan. And NOT from Austin, either. From a suburb of Houston.
Fundamentalist preacher.
Vietnam Veteran.
Was a lifelong Republican....until they started swift boating Kerry.
Then, it was like a switch was flipped and the lights went on.
My mother soon followed.
Yesterday she started phone banking for Obama in Cypress, Texas.

My favorite politically related quote from my father:
"Fine. If that's what they think socialism is, then I'm a big ole scary socialist."

[WorseBeforeBetter]

40. Enough with the "white man" bashing. You've been here for 97 posts...

and have no idea re: the demographics of DU. Hell, I've been here since 2004 and don't keep tabs on DU demographics.

And learn the difference between "Democrat" and "Democratic."

[SteveG]

41. Not all that rare in the Northeast or Left coast. Most of the over 60 men I work with, including me

I have voted for the Democratic candidate in every election except 1972, except for 1980 when I voted for John Anderson. The only Republican candidate in my lifetime who was worthy of election was Ike. Today's republicans barely acknowledge his presidency. As far as they are concerned he wasn't a Republican but a War Hero.