If this site is any indication, the "educated" voter is a myth.
As I have read this site over the past few months, many people have posted (and continue to post) about how uneducated others are...why are the others uneducated? Because that person holds a different opinion...there is no other reason...why do I say this?
Because, these same people who claim others are uneducated; can't do elementary grade level math and/or don't have a middle school level understanding of the electoral process.
Addtitionally, with our country struggling with economic recovery these same "educated" voters don't understand; the deficit (what it is nor how it comes about); the debt (its make up, its relation to the overall economy or who holds the debt), unemployment, first time unemployment claims (the "debate" here over this topic perfectly highlighted the Fox viewers), the basic makeup and definitional properties of Gross Domestic Product, corporate governance (a manager in Asia does not set policy for a worldwide company), recessions, recoveries, the major entitlement programs, fiscal policy, monetary policy, the size, scope or makeup of the US economy and on and on.
Despite all of the data on the above subjects being readily available from the source, not a single one of these educated voters ever posts an actual report or the actual study and discusses the item on its merit. No, these "educated" voters read some far right or far left propaganda piece and simply regurgitate what they were told to think. To these people, the likes Rush Limbuagh and Racheal Maddow are heroes, instead of the villians they truly are. Villans whose true goal is to sell advertising and separating this country into "us" vs "them". These same people then claim that they are the only true patriots or good Americans, race to the polls, and vote a straight party ticket!! This is the "educated" voter? I think not.
By far the most dissapointing aspect of sites like this was pointed out yesterday and continues today. Mitt Romney lost. He lost the electoral vote and the popular vote. The Republicans lost seats in both the House and Senate.
Do these "educated" voters look at their Presidential candidate and realize how weak he was and their party is, despite the overwhelming opportunity for success that was laying on the table? Do they look at their losses in the halls of Congress and realize that nominating the most conservative, backwards thinking candidate will not lead down the path to victory? Do they review the mistakes, adjust the themes to figure out a way to do better and reach more people next time???
Nope...they simply claim that everyone else who voted in a manner that was opposite of their EDUCATED opinion was "STUPID"...or worse..."Un-American".
Amazing...utterly amazing.
As I have read this site over the past few months, many people have posted (and continue to post) about how uneducated others are...why are the others uneducated? Because that person holds a different opinion...there is no other reason...why do I say this?
Because, these same people who claim others are uneducated; can't do elementary grade level math and/or don't have a middle school level understanding of the electoral process.
Addtitionally, with our country struggling with economic recovery these same "educated" voters don't understand; the deficit (what it is nor how it comes about); the debt (its make up, its relation to the overall economy or who holds the debt), unemployment, first time unemployment claims (the "debate" here over this topic perfectly highlighted the Fox viewers), the basic makeup and definitional properties of Gross Domestic Product, corporate governance (a manager in Asia does not set policy for a worldwide company), recessions, recoveries, the major entitlement programs, fiscal policy, monetary policy, the size, scope or makeup of the US economy and on and on.
Despite all of the data on the above subjects being readily available from the source, not a single one of these educated voters ever posts an actual report or the actual study and discusses the item on its merit. No, these "educated" voters read some far right or far left propaganda piece and simply regurgitate what they were told to think. To these people, the likes Rush Limbuagh and Racheal Maddow are heroes, instead of the villians they truly are. Villans whose true goal is to sell advertising and separating this country into "us" vs "them". These same people then claim that they are the only true patriots or good Americans, race to the polls, and vote a straight party ticket!! This is the "educated" voter? I think not.
By far the most dissapointing aspect of sites like this was pointed out yesterday and continues today. Mitt Romney lost. He lost the electoral vote and the popular vote. The Republicans lost seats in both the House and Senate.
Do these "educated" voters look at their Presidential candidate and realize how weak he was and their party is, despite the overwhelming opportunity for success that was laying on the table? Do they look at their losses in the halls of Congress and realize that nominating the most conservative, backwards thinking candidate will not lead down the path to victory? Do they review the mistakes, adjust the themes to figure out a way to do better and reach more people next time???
Nope...they simply claim that everyone else who voted in a manner that was opposite of their EDUCATED opinion was "STUPID"...or worse..."Un-American".
Amazing...utterly amazing.
