[lbo-talk] Americans' class self-ID

[brad bauerly]

SA wrote:
>In the NYT poll, 46% of strong TP supporters had a BA or higher,
>compared to 29% of the general population. According to this Census
>table, that would correspond to an income level a bit higher than
>$100,000 - i.e., Tea Partiers would be around the 80th percentile. The
>national median income is about $50,000:
>http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/cpstables/032009/hhinc/new01_001.htm .
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Nope, this poll http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/images/02/17/rel4b.pdf shows
that of self proclaimed TP activists (which we need to qualify because
activists are almost always better off than the constituents) 58% make less
than $75,000 year.  Clearly in the middle income group. The problem is that
we really don't have much data but are speculating as to their class
position.  Not sure if it is simply because we don't want to address the
lefts serious failure to see this reaction to the crisis in the middle
income group, or if it is something else.

Brad