# Asking middle class (and lower) Dopers why they vote Republican.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-middle-class-and-lower-dopers-why-they-vote-republican/560402>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 12, 2010, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-middle-class-and-lower-dopers-why-they-vote-republican/560402 "2010-11-12T06:56:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Evil\_Economist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-middle-class-and-lower-dopers-why-they-vote-republican/560402/181 "2010-11-19T22:24:19Z")

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> [@Algher](#):
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> Which is why I did it. Might as well have the other side of the biased coin cited just for fun.

\*If \*that’s why you did it, then it was hypocritical at the least, under the strict definition of the term.

More likely, you stumbled across the summary in a Google search, and didn’t bother to do your due diligence. Seeing how obviously biased the “overview of this fascinating topic . . . decently footnoted resource,” was, I suspect you probably also didn’t read it closely.

Note also that you \*suspect \*that EPI is left-wing because its board includes some union officers, whereas Econlib is explicitly right-wing (or libertarian, which is a distinction without a difference), funded by a right-wing organization, and with an explicitly right-wing agenda.

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> As for Liana Fox, I just looked her up. Do you expect people to know the name of a grad student at Columbia?

I expect people to know who she is because it was her summary we were discussing.

And if you want the opinions of professors, follow the links. Card is a professor at Berkeley, and Krueger is at Princeton. Good enough credentials for you?

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**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-middle-class-and-lower-dopers-why-they-vote-republican/560402/182 "2010-11-19T23:20:10Z")

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> [@Evil\_Economist](#):
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> \*If \*that’s why you did it, then it was hypocritical at the least, under the strict definition of the term.
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> More likely, you stumbled across the summary in a Google search, and didn’t bother to do your due diligence. Seeing how obviously biased the “overview of this fascinating topic . . . decently footnoted resource,” was, I suspect you probably also didn’t read it closely.
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> Note also that you \*suspect \*that EPI is left-wing because its board includes some union officers, whereas Econlib is explicitly right-wing (or libertarian, which is a distinction without a difference), funded by a right-wing organization, and with an explicitly right-wing agenda.  
> I expect people to know who she is because it was her summary we were discussing.
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> And if you want the opinions of professors, follow the links. Card is a professor at Berkeley, and Krueger is at Princeton. Good enough credentials for you?

I suspect EPI’s analysis because of their mission statement, the tone of their site, AND their BOD. That is why I lead with NBER when I am looking for peer reviewed information - the only bias is in the original author’s head.

I have no issue with Card & Krueger, other than Card being at Cal.

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