# Factual Questions: Rich People tend to be Republican or Democrat? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 20, 2004, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-questions-rich-people-tend-to-be-republican-or-democrat/275797 "2004-11-20T04:12:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-questions-rich-people-tend-to-be-republican-or-democrat/275797/21 "2004-11-20T20:48:39Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Ooh, **Starvers** , you are naughty. Posting this stuff when all your enemies are asleep. My enemies never sleep. 😉 > [@roger thornhill](#): > > At university in 1979, a friend asked me whether I would be voting for incumbent Jim Callaghan (Socialist) or challenger Margaret Thatcher (Conservative). I told him I would consider voting Socialist when I had enough money to do so. Indeed! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-questions-rich-people-tend-to-be-republican-or-democrat/275797/22 "2004-11-20T21:11:30Z")
Isn’t there a sticky at the top of this board about politics in GQ? ---
**Author:** ![muttrox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@muttrox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muttrox)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-questions-rich-people-tend-to-be-republican-or-democrat/275797/23 "2004-11-20T22:49:48Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > You might want to see if that little tidbit breaks down a further. The Democrat party is proud to have the poor, minorities, and blue collar union workers among its its biggest supporters. One presumes that there are not a disproportionate amount of Harvard degrees among these groups. They are supposed to be the party of the “disadvantaged”. How could they be “disadvantaged” if they all were fortunate enough to have these sterling academic credentials? You have your populations confused. The point is not to look at all Democrats and see how much money they have. The point is to look at all wealthy people, and see how many are Republicans or Democrats. And geez, can we please keep the ridiculous political “reasoning” out of this thread? It’s a very straightforward factual question, there was no request for everybody’s pet theory. ---
**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-questions-rich-people-tend-to-be-republican-or-democrat/275797/24 "2004-11-20T23:16:54Z")
My thought: Wealthier people tend to vote Republican for tax reasons … until they get sooooo wealthy that they can afford elaborate tax dodges (and legal help) to not worry about taxes anymore. At the end, people will vote their economic interest, real or imaginary. ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-questions-rich-people-tend-to-be-republican-or-democrat/275797/25 "2004-11-20T23:39:28Z")
This thread is a bit too political for GQ. I’m closing it. Please refer to the exit polls cited for a close-to-factual answer to the OP. - **xash** General Questions Moderator [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-questions-rich-people-tend-to-be-republican-or-democrat/275797.md?page=1)