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TBF

(31,922 posts)
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 11:47 AM Feb 2016

The pro-Hillary talking point today is that

we have an all-male white bubble here at DU. I think that is bullshit.

Someone with some cred on this site needs to put up a demographic poll for Bernie supporters to respond to - needs to offer choices something like this:

male, over 50, white
male, over 50, nonwhite

female, under 50, white
female, under 50, nonwhite

You get the idea. It should probably be in this forum so folks don't screw around with it. We can take the results out to GD : P to show them they are full of it. I think Bernie's team is varied on ages, gender, race, etc.

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The pro-Hillary talking point today is that (Original Post) TBF Feb 2016 OP
Your cred is as good as anyone elses here notadmblnd Feb 2016 #1
I started a poll based on your post . . . fleur-de-lisa Feb 2016 #2
Thanks! nt TBF Feb 2016 #4
Oh ffs, of course Rebkeh Feb 2016 #3
Last time I looked, I wasn't white RoccoR5955 Feb 2016 #5
... TBF Feb 2016 #6
DU has run demograpic polls in the past. winter is coming Feb 2016 #7
That's what I recall as well - TBF Feb 2016 #8
Definitely not all millenials. I was surprised how many old farts there are around here. winter is coming Feb 2016 #9
Thanks for the suggestion! leftcoastmountains Feb 2016 #10

notadmblnd

(23,720 posts)
1. Your cred is as good as anyone elses here
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 11:49 AM
Feb 2016

There's no one here any more special than you and you are no more special than anyone else.

I say- go for it.

Rebkeh

(2,450 posts)
3. Oh ffs, of course
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 12:11 PM
Feb 2016

That they try to shape public perceptions based on things easily disproven is so typical, it's predictable at this point.

 

RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)
5. Last time I looked, I wasn't white
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 12:27 PM
Feb 2016

I am Heinz 57 varieties. My genes are so mixed up race wise, I just call myself a member of the Human Race.

winter is coming

(11,785 posts)
7. DU has run demograpic polls in the past.
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 12:41 PM
Feb 2016

If memory serves, DUers tend to be well-educated and skew older. It's not painfully white nor overwhelmingly male. We might even have more women than men.

TBF

(31,922 posts)
8. That's what I recall as well -
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 12:42 PM
Feb 2016

I did one on income years ago and it was very split. Some of that may have been professionals vs. retirees/students etc. I do know it is not all under 30 white males!

winter is coming

(11,785 posts)
9. Definitely not all millenials. I was surprised how many old farts there are around here.
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 12:51 PM
Feb 2016

Between students, retirees, folks on disability, and the unemployed, I'd say the average DUer income is fairly modest. There are some outliers, of course, but the 1% is represented more by decibels than volume.

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