The Left over Left is withering away
30 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: voter demographics
Democrat voters are turning against the idea of lower prices for ordinary families
29 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, international economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: antiforeign bias, expressive voting, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, voter demographics
As America inches towards a big trade deal with Asia, Obama faces a showdown with his party econ.st/1JJMJAE http://t.co/6qmt9GegWF—
The Economist (@EconBizFin) April 27, 2015
Partisan differences in preferred presidential traits
29 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election, voter demographics
The political ideology of libertarians
19 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in liberalism, libertarianism, politics - USA Tags: voter demographics
Support over time from marijuana decriminalisation was twin peaked in the USA
17 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: marijuana decriminalisation, medical marijuana decriminalisation, voter demographics
The reasons of supporters & opponents of marijuana legalisation
15 Apr 2015 1 Comment
in economics of crime, health economics, law and economics, liberalism Tags: expressive voting, marijuana decriminalisation, meddlesome preferences, medical marijuana decriminalisation, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, voter demographics
Here are top reasons supporters & opponents of marijuana legalization give for their views pewrsr.ch/1PIaYUC http://t.co/hoPaMMQBXr—
Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) April 15, 2015
These rationales of thoroughly utilitarian and can actually be resolved by appeals to evidence. But the real reasons are the meddlesome preferences of the opponents of legalisation and the desire of the supporters of legalisation to smoke dope.
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(@Pixxcell) April 06, 2015
What are the Democrat – Republican part as in spreads on the major issues
12 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
Who trusts which news source?
03 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, industrial organisation, survivor principle Tags: media bias, voter demographics
@47Patriots @GaltsGirl @corrcomm @lyndseyfifield @CathyYoung63
whoever u r, u r more trustworthy than @BuzzFeed http://t.co/sv4snHyMF2—
SonOfPatriarchy (@sports2inflatio) April 02, 2015
The relative political importance of climate change
01 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, global warming, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: 2014 congressional elections, climate alarmism, global warming, opinion polls, voter demographics
Up until 2001, UK women were more likely to vote Tory than UK men
31 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
Interesting, because women’s demand for social insurance was a major driver of the growth of government in the 20th century.
The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population vote for parties that welcome them
18 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in liberalism, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: expressive voting, voter demographics
The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population is one of the most Democratic demographic groups in the country. According to the 2012 national exit polls conducted by the National Election Pool, gay, lesbian, and bisexual adults voted for Barack Obama over Mitt Romney by more than three-to-one (76% vs. 22%).
This Democratic advantage can be seen in the partisan identification of LGBT adults, a majority of whom are Democrats. It also expresses itself in policy preferences across a range of issues, including size of government, attitudes about gun policy and immigration…
Half of LGBT adults (50%) self-identify as liberal, 37% are moderate, and just 12% say they are conservative.
That’s hardly surprising that people vote for the parties that welcome them given the deep hostility of the Republican Party on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues. Until the middle of the 20th century, few black Americans voted for the Democratic party because it was the party of racism. People rarely vote for parties that really dislike them.
The transferability of these American results on partisanship to New Zealand is rather limited because there is no cultural war as there is in the USA currently over same-sex marriages. A same-sex marriage bill passed the New Zealand Parliament in 2013 fairly easily. The Christian based socially conservative parties in New Zealand are pretty tame in their rhetoric and still struggling to get into Parliament.
As such, the centre right parties in New Zealand aren’t seen as particularly hostile to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population. On the same-sex marriage bill, for example, the National Party split evenly on voting for and against, reflecting its moderation in just about every issue.
People of all sexualities can vote for New Zealand parties on grounds other than the fact of how welcoming they are to who they are. That makes the American results on partisanship and sexuality less relevant to New Zealand
Few UK green party voters are green: Green Party voters look like Lib Dems, think like Labour voters
19 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice Tags: expressive voting, protest voters, Uk Greens, UK politics, voter demographics
Fewer the mushrooming green party vote in the UK too much at all about the environment. It certainly not the major reason for going green.
Green voters are not radically left-wing on economic issues nor are they primarily driven by environmental concerns. How, therefore, can we explain their decision to vote for a party with a far-left, environmentalist agenda?
One way is to look at who prospective Green voters turned to in previous elections…. Around half voted for the Liberal Democrats in 2010 and around a third voted for the junior coalition partner in both 2005 and 2010. There are a number of ways of interpreting this.
First, Liberal Democrats and Green voters traditionally hold similar socio-demographic profiles. Both are likely to be university educated and to work in professional or managerial jobs.
Second, the Lib Dems were, until the 2010 election, the protest vote of many on the left. Since entering government, they have lost this niche and, subsequently, have seen their poll ratings plummet.
Third, the Greens now have a monopoly on certain policies that they once shared with Nick Clegg’s party – for example, ending university tuition fees.
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Voter demographics alert: the politics of road rage
19 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, Public Choice, transport economics Tags: road rage, voter demographics
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Green and UKIP voters have common key concerns
19 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
Both seriously dislike politicians.
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