Does the GOP win with car-owning voters and the Democrats with non-drivers?

[darklordoftech]

I wouldn't be surprised.

[Padfoot]

After a quick Google search my suspicions were confirmed and it would be impossible for any party to win most elections in the US without winning car-owners.  Based on the articles I quickly skimmed it seems like somewhere between 85-95% of Americans own cars.

Democrats probably do win the non-drivers handily though.

[Tintrlvr]

After a quick Google search my suspicions were confirmed and it would be impossible for any party to win most elections in the US without winning car-owners.  Based on the articles I quickly skimmed it seems like somewhere between 85-95% of Americans own cars.

Democrats probably do win the non-drivers handily though.

It's very plausible if the Democrats are winning by huge margins among non-drivers, which they probably are since non-drivers are very heavily urban and/or poor minorities so I would guess non-drivers approach 75-80% Democratic in a neutral environment. So in 51D-49R race it is plausible that Republicans are winning drivers while Democrats are winning overall. But I agree that there's not much room for there to be a distinction between drivers and the overall result.

[ElectionsGuy]

It would be like the non-LGBT vs LGBT vote. Democrats would win non-drivers around 80-20 while Republicans narrowly carry the rest around 52-48.

[DINGO Joe]

It depends, which demographic would Sparky fall under?

[RFayette]

It would be like the non-LGBT vs LGBT vote. Democrats would win non-drivers around 80-20 while Republicans narrowly carry the rest around 52-48.

This, though elderly non-drivers might shift things a bit.

[Oryxslayer]

I mean, you can check on American fact finder how people commute to work. It wouldn't be that hard to run correlation tests and see how much each party potentially wins. its potentially because this would have a high MOE.