davefoc
Philosopher
The poll touched on what I think is an interesting subject:
What, in general are the political leanings of the JREF forum participants.
Unfortunately, there were problems:
1. What is a Republican?
a. People currently registered as a Republican
b. People currently registered as a Republican excluding people like INRM that just registered as a Republican for a transitory purpose.
c. People that are both a registered Republican and who generally vote for Republicans.
d. People that are part of the Republican party leadership or who actively participate in staff level activities and not people who just happened to have registered as Republicans for voting purposes.
OK, all those issues aside with the poll I still don't believe the results. By what possible definition would almost half of this forum's participants be Republicans? Of the people that participate regularly in the politics section my guess is that about 40% would be registered Democrats and maybe 20% would be registered Republicans with the rest of the participants made up of people who don't vote or who aren't registered with either party, or who are registered with a third party. My guess is that only about eight people that participate in this forum are strongly partisan Republicans that almost always push the GOP position.
FWIW, I continue to be a registered Republican, however I didn't vote for a Republican for national office in the last few elections and I have voted for the Democratic candidate in the last two presidential elections. I continue to vote for Republicans for state wide offices. I voted Republican in the poll.
ETA: OK, I just took a look at the detailed results for Republicans. Tricky lists himself as a Republican. Hmmm.
What, in general are the political leanings of the JREF forum participants.
Unfortunately, there were problems:
1. What is a Republican?
a. People currently registered as a Republican
b. People currently registered as a Republican excluding people like INRM that just registered as a Republican for a transitory purpose.
c. People that are both a registered Republican and who generally vote for Republicans.
d. People that are part of the Republican party leadership or who actively participate in staff level activities and not people who just happened to have registered as Republicans for voting purposes.
OK, all those issues aside with the poll I still don't believe the results. By what possible definition would almost half of this forum's participants be Republicans? Of the people that participate regularly in the politics section my guess is that about 40% would be registered Democrats and maybe 20% would be registered Republicans with the rest of the participants made up of people who don't vote or who aren't registered with either party, or who are registered with a third party. My guess is that only about eight people that participate in this forum are strongly partisan Republicans that almost always push the GOP position.
FWIW, I continue to be a registered Republican, however I didn't vote for a Republican for national office in the last few elections and I have voted for the Democratic candidate in the last two presidential elections. I continue to vote for Republicans for state wide offices. I voted Republican in the poll.
ETA: OK, I just took a look at the detailed results for Republicans. Tricky lists himself as a Republican. Hmmm.
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