As for the reason, I don't think it's anything more complicated than that city people are cosmopolitan.
I know you keep saying this, but I think it's hogwash. Seriously, in what way are you, personally, more cosmopolitan than me, or Rambi, both of whom voted for Bush? Do you read books with bigger words? Do you see more foreign movies? Are you a deeper thinker?
In what way is Paul Krugman, a Ph.D. economist and a Kerry supporter, more cosmopolitan than Robert Mundell, not only a Ph.D. economist but also a Nobel prize winner, and a Bush supporter?
I don't believe that the exit polls have proven accurate, but according to the exit polls:
- More people with no high school diploma voted for Kerry than for Bush.
- Higher income people voted overwhelmingly for Bush.
- Bush got more college graduates than Kerry (52-46). The only subset of college grads that went for Kerry were the ones with post-graduate degrees,44-55, but there can't be enough post-graduates to make much of a difference either way.
I would say that the demographic data more favors the explanation that inner cities have more poor uneducated residents who depend on government services, and more government workers who make their livings providing government services to poor uneducated people, and more of the NGO types who make their livings doing the same. That's your Kerry voter.
The barristas at Starbucks may vote Kerry, but I would bet that more Bush voters drink Starbucks latte than you realize. |
