With the Presidential Election of 2012 now exactly 12 weeks from today, the likely results by voting bloc are as follows, meaning a majority of a particular bloc will side with one or the other Presidential tickets, with no special order of listing:
OBAMA-BIDEN
Self Identified Progressives and Liberals
Moderates
Independents
African Americans
Jews
Hispanics-Latinos
Secular Voters
Women
Senior Citizens
Middle Class (loosely defined)
Working Class (loosely defined)
Urban Voters
Labor Voters
Young Voters Under 35
Gay and Lesbian Voters
New England and Middle Atlantic States, except maybe New Hampshire
Pacific Coast States and Hawaii
Virginia, Ohio, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada (swing states)
ROMNEY-RYAN
Self identified Conservatives
Evangelical Christians
Catholics (loosely defined)
Cuban Americans
Mormons
Wealthy Upper Class
Rural Voters
Suburban Voters
Corporate World Voters
Gun Owners
West Virginia, Kentucky
Most of Southern States, except for Virginia, and maybe Florida
Great Plains States
Mountain States, except New Mexico, Colorado and Nevada
Alaska
It is possible some groups or blocs have been left out, but this is a fairly good list of categories, and I welcome discussion and debate on this post!
And here we seem to have yet another manifestation of identity politics, which does so much harm to America.
But, Gustavo, right or wrong, this is reality, that we do polling of groups and discover certain voting patterns in common among MAJORITIES of a group or bloc.
All I am saying that it is harmful. This has been promoted for decades. Aren’t we all americans?
Yes, we are. but this also the reality, that people vote based on their identity!