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Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Idealism vs. Realism

"As gas prices pinch, support for energy exploration rises" - Pew Research Center

Well...fancy that...the price for gas goes up and suddenly sucking out that oil under ANWR, increasing exploration, and increasing production isn't quite so Evil™ an idea after all.


In one of the statistical summaries it is interesting to note the demographics of those that showed the greatest % of change.

  • Support among self identified Liberals showed a 23% increase vs. 15% moderate or 0% Conservatives
  • Support among 18-29 year olds showed a 25% increase vs. 12% of 30-49 year olds or 11% of 50-65 year olds (So aparently youthful idealism is cool and all...as long as it doesn't hit your pocket too hard.)
  • Support among women showed a 18% increase vs. 5% men.

So drawing from the stats in the Pew report the typical person making the biggest switch in opinion as a result of the increase in gas prices is a Liberal woman between the ages of 18-29 who considers herself a Democrat or Independent voter. Feel free to make your own jokes.

Yes I know I'm abusing the statistics a bit here, but it's ok because its all for a laugh and if that's good enough for John Stewart then it's good enough for me.

posted by The Mad Builder of Periwinkle at 17:19

2 Comments:

Blogger Jar(egg)head said...

Philosophy on a full stomach is easy. Unfortunately, so is sophistry, which liberals adore.

12:06  
Blogger davis14633 said...

I have seen a bumper sticker that said " Im too poor to vote Republican" I think we need one that says " I can't afford to vote Democrat"

07:30  

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