How similar are your politics to the average voter in your area?
       |           

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?
April 24, 2024, 06:27:54 AM
News: Election Simulator 2.0 Released. Senate/Gubernatorial maps, proportional electoral votes, and more - Read more

  Talk Elections
  Forum Community
  Forum Community (Moderators: The Dowager Mod, YE, KoopaDaQuick 🇵🇸)
  How similar are your politics to the average voter in your area?
« previous next »
Pages: 1 [2]
Author Topic: How similar are your politics to the average voter in your area?  (Read 2911 times)
Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon
Dwarven Dragon
Atlas Politician
Atlas Superstar
*****
Posts: 31,707
United States


Political Matrix
E: -1.42, S: -0.52

P P P

Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #25 on: February 06, 2015, 02:24:59 PM »

Well, I like my home state's senators and governor, and oppose my home district rep. (Kline, R, MN-02), so if we're going by state and by voting, then yes, I currently fit in just fine with my medium blue state. In terms of ideology, I'm substantially to the right of my state as a whole, so I'm not similar there.

My County (Dakota) is a republican-leaning swing county, which isn't far off from my ideology or endorsements in general. So fit in quite well there.

Logged
Adam Griffin
Atlas Star
*****
Posts: 20,094
Greece


Political Matrix
E: -7.35, S: -6.26

Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #26 on: February 06, 2015, 02:35:54 PM »

Considerably to the left of the average voter; less so but still even with the average Democrat.
Logged
afleitch
Moderators
Atlas Star
*****
Posts: 29,854


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #27 on: February 06, 2015, 02:49:04 PM »

I live in the only polling district in Glasgow where the Greens topped the poll in the local elections.
Logged
Gustaf
Moderators
Atlas Star
*****
Posts: 29,778


Political Matrix
E: 0.39, S: -0.70

Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #28 on: February 08, 2015, 09:15:38 AM »

I probably vote fairly similar to my area, since I tend to vote for the Swedish right and this is an affluent inner city area. Sweden is a lot more homogenous than the US so on a basic level I'm of course pretty similar to the people around me, but if one is picky my collective of foreign students is obviously pretty different from the retired couples and families with kids that dominate the blocks around here.
Logged
Tender Branson
Mark Warner 08
Atlas Institution
*****
Posts: 58,178
Austria


Political Matrix
E: -6.06, S: -4.84

Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #29 on: February 08, 2015, 09:18:13 AM »

Depending on the election, my district is ca. 50-65% center-right.

I'm center-left, so yeah, I'm towards the left of my district.
Logged
SWE
SomebodyWhoExists
Atlas Icon
*****
Posts: 13,308
United States


P P P
Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #30 on: February 08, 2015, 09:40:55 AM »

I don't live in Seattle or Vermont, so pretty far
Logged
Boston Bread
New Canadaland
YaBB God
*****
Posts: 3,636
Canada


Political Matrix
E: -5.00, S: -5.00

Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #31 on: February 08, 2015, 02:18:42 PM »

In terms of polling districts, PC got 6% of the vote in my poll, less than the green party in the provincial election. But for some reason at the federal level my polling area gets merged with a much larger one. In the combined poll the federal Conservatives got 25% in 2011. Liberals won my poll both times, but the NDP does decently too. So my poll is an even better fit for me than the riding at large, although I'd like the liberal vote to go down a little, at least in provincial elections.
Logged
True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)
Ernest
Moderators
Atlas Legend
*****
Posts: 42,156
United States


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #32 on: February 08, 2015, 04:48:27 PM »

I'm definitely liberal for my area, tho nationally I'd be a moderate and in some areas I'd be considered a conservative.
Logged
Oldiesfreak1854
Atlas Icon
*****
Posts: 13,674
United States


WWW Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #33 on: February 08, 2015, 08:29:09 PM »

Very similar, maybe slightly to the left.  My hometown usually votes about 70-75% Republican.
Logged
Türkisblau
H_Wallace
Sr. Member
****
Posts: 3,401
Ireland, Republic of


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #34 on: February 08, 2015, 09:02:27 PM »
« Edited: February 08, 2015, 09:09:06 PM by Pacific Speaker Türkisblau »

Economically left and socially similar.
Logged
Pages: 1 [2]  
« previous next »
Jump to:  


Login with username, password and session length

Terms of Service - DMCA Agent and Policy - Privacy Policy and Cookies

Powered by SMF 1.1.21 | SMF © 2015, Simple Machines

Page created in 0.038 seconds with 12 queries.