Poor vs. Rich elections and Liberal vs. Conservative elections

[buritobr]

I think that when an election is very polarized according to the income of the voters, it is not very polarized according to the ideology of the voters. And when an election is very polarized according to the ideology of the voters, it is not very polarized according to the income of the voters.

One can use as examples the elections of 1976 and 2012, in which the Democratic candidates won by similar and small margins.

In 1976
Liberals: 70% Carter, 26% Ford
Conservatives: 29% Carter, 70% Ford
Top 1/4: 36% Carter, 62% Ford

In 2012
Liberals: 86% Obama, 11% Romney
Conservatives: 17% Obama, 82% Romney
Top 1/4: 42-44% Obama, 54-55% Romney

The election of 1976 was more polarized according to the income of the voters than the election of 2012. The election of 2012 was more polarized according to the ideology of the voters than the election of 1976.

Considering that there are rich conservatives, rich liberals, poor conservatives and poor liberals, the vote of the rich liberals and poor conservatives determine how an election is polarized.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Do you have a source for your figures or are they merely what you think they should have been?

[buritobr]

Wikipedia

Unfortunately, Wikipedia shows the results of the exit pools for few elections.

[barfbag]

This isn't surprising though. Income is of the most influential factors in elections. Sure race, religion, values, age, and education play a part, but these all tend to reflect income. We're living at an age of a very divided America. People who make a lot of money tend to be more religious than others. Older people tend to be more socially conservative and religious while having obtained greater revenue. Younger people tend to be less religious and haven't made as much money yet. When it comes to race, minorities are growing and therefore tend to be younger. This isn't good though. Obama has divided us even further based on income as if our country wasn't in bad enough shape.

[SingingAnalyst]

I suspect the 2013 VA gubernatorial election was divided ideologically. It was also divided by income, though not in the way one might think: while VA went 48/46 Democrat, voters with incomes over $200,000 went 55/39 Democrat (of course, many of these are probably in the DC area and more liberal).

[sg0508]

We all knew how this poll would turnout, but Election Night '12 was sealed/done at the presidential level, when they asked about whether the President's policies/Romney's proposed ones would favor the rich/middle class/poor.  I think 75% responded that Romney's would favor the rich.  Meanwhile, I think 80-90% said the President's would favor the middle class/poor.  Perception folks.

It was all over right then and there.

[Mr. Illini]

People who make a lot of money tend to be more religious than others.

Source? This tends to be true only in the south and the exact opposite in the north and west.

[Rockefeller GOP]

People who make a lot of money tend to be more religious than others.

Source? This tends to be true only in the south and the exact opposite in the north and west.

I wouldn't say the exact opposite, I'd say no correlation.