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What is the demographic profile of voters? Ah, I see we can get some data here: http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/voting.html

Here's some data:

    .Less than $10,000	41.3
    .$10,000 to $14,999	41.2
    .$15,000 to $19,999	44.3
    .$20,000 to $29,999	48.0
    .$30,000 to $39,999	54.4
    .$40,000 to $49,999	58.2
    .$50,000 to $74,999	65.9
    .$75,000 to $99,999	72.6
    .$100,000 to $149,999	74.9
    .$150,000 and over	78.1
Now there's an interesting correlation between voting participation and income, eh?

In what kind of media do you think elite consensus-generating mechanism plays out? National Enquirer? New York Post? New York Times? And how poor are the participants in such consensus-generating mechanisms?

The idea that the rich and powerful aren't at the heart of determining a country's political opinion, and consequent military aggression is, to be quite frank, desperately naive.



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