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Junior Chimp
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« on: May 01, 2012, 10:15:10 PM » |
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Go forth, real people, and speculate as to the voting habits of these imaginary people:
Jenna - age 21. Part-time waitress, earns and receives about $13,000/year and pays nothing in tax. White, comes from a working-class family. High-school education and is taking classes in Criminal Justice at a local community college. Receives food stamps and the Earned Income Tax Credit. Volunteers for her church youth group, has pledged abstinence until marriage.
Sam - age 19. Private in the US Army, earning about $20,000/year before taxes. White, comes from a working-class family. High-school education, joined the army in the hopes of being able to attend college. Only sometimes goes to church, but when he got his girlfriend pregnant he proposed to her and asked her to keep the baby (she refused and didn't).
Larry - age 66. Retired autoworker, receiving about $55,000/year before taxes from Social Security and his pension. White, comes from a middle-class, blue-collar family. High-school education. Stopped paying his union dues several years ago, and owns three guns. Divorced, has 3 children, all of whom are grown, and 2 grandchildren. Only sometimes goes to church.
Wesley - age 39. Associate at a law firm, earning about $90,000/year before taxes. Parents were upper-middle to upper class. Went to private school, and attended state university for both his undergraduate studies and law school. Unmarried and without children. Irreligious.
Arturo - age 44. Owns a landscaping business, earning about $125,000/year before taxes. Immigrated from Honduras at age 6, parents were wealthy for Honduras but middle-class in America. High-school education. Many of his employees are illegal immigrants, his clients are wealthy McMansion owners. Married and has 2 children, wants to send both to college. Very religious and attends church weekly.
David - age 52. Neurosurgeon, earning about $750,000/year before taxes. Comes from an upper-middle class family. Graduated from Columbia and the NYU School of Medicine. Married, has 2 children in college and a third in private school. Jewish, attends a Reform synagogue most weeks.
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