Re: [Fwd: Cretinism, electoral and otherwise]
On Aug 18, 2007, at 7:11 AM, Marvin Gandall wrote:
Very interesting. The numbers are from December, 2004, just after
Bush’s re-election. There has been an even more marked shift in US public
opinion since then so the percentage of the population which fits the
description of “liberals” and “disaffecteds” (the views of “disadvantaged
Democrats” are also worth incorporating)
Yup you’re right. That brings us close to 30%.
is almost certainly higher. Has Pew updated this survey? A recent Economist article seemed to draw on some Pew
findings which seemed more recent.
Pew uses the typology in other work, but they do major updates only
every several years.
Doug