{"id":7674,"date":"2012-11-06T03:54:34","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T10:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/?p=7674"},"modified":"2012-11-06T03:54:34","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T10:54:34","slug":"straw-poll-shows-strong-age-bias-among-nominal-liberals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/straw-poll-shows-strong-age-bias-among-nominal-liberals\/","title":{"rendered":"Straw Poll Shows Strong Age Bias Among Nominal &#8216;Liberals&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_125_1351807920218_683\">The&nbsp;<strong>Common Dreams 2012 Reader Survey<\/strong>&nbsp;results are in.<\/p>\n<p>Between Nov. 1st and 12PM EST Monday,&nbsp;<strong>15,767<\/strong>&nbsp;of our readers weighed in on a wide variety of issues &#8211; including who they would vote for for US President Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The key highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>74%<\/strong>&nbsp;of our readers will vote for President&nbsp;<strong>Obama<\/strong>&nbsp;with the Green Party&#8217;s&nbsp;<strong>Jill Stein<\/strong>&nbsp;at&nbsp;<strong>18%<\/strong>&nbsp;and the Justice Party&#8217;s&nbsp;<strong>Rocky Anderson<\/strong>&nbsp;at&nbsp;<strong>2%<\/strong>.&nbsp;<strong>Romney<\/strong>&nbsp;will get the votes of&nbsp;<strong>1%<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The older you are, the more likely you support the&nbsp;<strong>Obama<\/strong>&nbsp;ticket. The younger you are, the more likely you support&nbsp;<strong>3rd party candidates<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Our readers overwhelmingly support the progressive position on&nbsp;<strong>key ballot issues<\/strong>&nbsp;being voted on in various states on November 6<\/li>\n<li><strong>57%<\/strong>&nbsp;of our readers have been reading Common Dreams for over 5 years.<\/li>\n<li><strong>82%<\/strong>&nbsp;of our readers use Facebook;&nbsp;<strong>18%<\/strong>&nbsp;do not.&nbsp;<strong>43%<\/strong>&nbsp;use Twitter;&nbsp;<strong>57%<\/strong>&nbsp;do not.<\/li>\n<li><strong>73%<\/strong>&nbsp;of our readers read the comments below articles;&nbsp;<strong>27%<\/strong>&nbsp;do not. But, only&nbsp;<strong>12%<\/strong>&nbsp;have commented themselves;&nbsp;<strong>88%<\/strong>&nbsp;have not.<\/li>\n<li><strong>87%<\/strong>&nbsp;of our readers are 51 years old or older.<\/li>\n<li><strong>56%<\/strong>&nbsp;of our readers either have graduate degrees or have attended graduate school.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"center\">* * *<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>Presidential<\/strong>&nbsp;results:<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Stewart Alexander\/Alejandro Mendoza&nbsp;<\/strong><br \/>\nSocialist Party<\/td>\n<td>0.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Rocky Anderson\/Luis J. Rodriguez<\/strong><br \/>\nJustice Party<\/td>\n<td>2.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Virgil Goode\/Jim Clymer<\/strong><br \/>\nConstitution Party<\/td>\n<td>0.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Gary Johnson\/Jim Gray<\/strong><br \/>\nLibertarian Party<\/td>\n<td>1.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Barack Obama\/Joe Biden<\/strong><br \/>\nDemocratic Party<\/td>\n<td><strong>73.8%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Mitt Romney\/Paul Ryan<\/strong><br \/>\nRepublican Party<\/td>\n<td>1.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Jill Stein\/Cheri Honkala<\/strong><br \/>\nGreen Party<\/td>\n<td>18.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>None of the above\/Write-in<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>3.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The results by age group show a sharp difference. Obama has the support of 80% of those 67 years old and older; Jill Stein comes in first among readers between the ages of 21-35:<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Candidates<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>21-35<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>36-50<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>51-65<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>66-79<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>80+<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Total<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Rocky Anderson\/Luis J. Rodriguez<\/strong><br \/>\nJustice Party<\/td>\n<td>8.5%<\/td>\n<td>1.9%<\/td>\n<td>2.2%<\/td>\n<td>1.8%<\/td>\n<td>2.0%<\/td>\n<td><strong>2.2%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Barack Obama\/Joe Biden<\/strong><br \/>\nDemocratic Party<\/td>\n<td>37.7%<\/td>\n<td><strong>62.4%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>73.0%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>78.8%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>80.8%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>73.8%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Jill Stein\/Cheri Honkala<\/strong><br \/>\nGreen Party<\/td>\n<td><strong>44.3%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>25.8%<\/td>\n<td>18.3%<\/td>\n<td>14.8%<\/td>\n<td>12.2%<\/td>\n<td><strong>18.0%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On the Ballot issues facing voters around the country on Election Day, readers overwhelmingly supported the progressive positions:<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong>YES<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>NO<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>UNDECIDED<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>California&#8217;s Prop 37: Label GMO Foods<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>93.5%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>2.8%<\/td>\n<td>3.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong>YES<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>NO<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>UNDECIDED<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>91.2%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>4.3%<\/td>\n<td>4.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong>BOTH YES<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>MEDICAL ONLY<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>BOTH NO<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>UNDECIDED<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Legalize Marijuana\/Legalize Medical Marijuana<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>79.7%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>14.0%<\/td>\n<td>1.9%<\/td>\n<td>4.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong>YES<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>NO<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>UNDECIDED<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Weaken Reproductive Rights<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>3.7%<\/td>\n<td><strong>92.8%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>3.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How our readers self-identify on the&nbsp;<strong>political spectrum<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Radical<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>8.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Progressive<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>48.0%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Liberal<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>25.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Moderate<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>4.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Conservative<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>1.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Other<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>13.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;Common Dreams 2012 Reader Survey&nbsp;results are in. Between Nov. 1st and 12PM EST Monday,&nbsp;15,767&nbsp;of our readers weighed in on a wide variety of issues &#8211; including who they would vote for for US President Tuesday. 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