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16. Why? They're also richer, older, and whiter than the median American

Thu Jun 20, 2013, 09:19 AM

Jun 2013

All three of those correlate with higher educational attainment.

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Liberal enclaves in a sea of conservatism [View all] JW2020 Jun 2013 OP

I don't think smugness helps us Recursion Jun 2013 #1

Huh? Where did you see this: FSogol Jun 2013 #10

A CBS survey, IIRC Recursion Jun 2013 #13

I find that really hard to believe. n/t FSogol Jun 2013 #14

Why? They're also richer, older, and whiter than the median American Recursion Jun 2013 #16

Because of the moronic (or is it moranic?) nature of their cause? FSogol Jun 2013 #18

Thanks for the study. n/t FSogol Jun 2013 #29

Yeah, that is the problem with pipoman Jun 2013 #3

"pseudo" JW2020 Jun 2013 #5

LOL..case in point pipoman Jun 2013 #7

GWB had academic credentials pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #4

academic maybe JW2020 Jun 2013 #6

You focused on bastions of higher education pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #8

Education does not automatically HappyMe Jun 2013 #9

Take Republican economists, for example pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #11

But voters in a majority of districts don't, which is our problem (nt) Recursion Jun 2013 #15

Grinnell, Iowa CanonRay Jun 2013 #17

It's not only academic towns tabbycat31 Jun 2013 #19

If Austin is the only place in Texas that comes to mind, kentauros Jun 2013 #20

Austin has changed, considerably. kentauros Jun 2013 #22

I couldn't agree with you more. Paladin Jun 2013 #23

You know better than I do. kentauros Jun 2013 #24

Houston's traffic is better managed than is Austin's. Paladin Jun 2013 #25

At first, I balked at us having better managed traffic. kentauros Jun 2013 #27

The mayor of Charlottesville is Sikh. JW2020 Jun 2013 #30

Nikki Haley, the Republican Governor of South Carolina, is a Sikh. FarCenter Jun 2013 #31