Re: [Fwd: Cretinism, electoral and otherwise]
On Aug 16, 2007, at 5:33 PM, Julio Huato wrote:
Doug wrote:
If you mean people with something like social democratic and antiwar politics, then you’re probably talking about 10-15% of the U.S. pop. That number most certainly is large enough to affect primary elections, given their low turnout.
How do you back up this estimate of 10-15%, Doug?
When I typed that, I was dimly recalling the Pew Center’s political
typologies, which go back to work by its predecessor, the Times
Mirror Center, in the late 1980s. Their latest is at:
http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?PageID=949
Their “liberals” are 17% of the pop, and “disaffecteds” are another
10%. If half of each fit my description, then I’m there! If more than
half do, we’re approaching a quarter of the pop.
Doug