Obama vs Romney: The Unmentioned Marraige Gap

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Antiochus

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Many words have been spilled here regarding the differential statistics for this year's electorate. Yet no one has discussed that Romney has such a commanding lead in married men and women compared with single ones.

Washington Post Exit Poll
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/2012-exit-polls/table.html

National

Married Men 60& vs 38% for Romney
Married Women 53% to 46% for Romney
Single Men 56% to 40% for Obama
Married Women 67% to 31% for Obama
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The trend extends for all the swing states in the poll with nary a difference

NY times/NBC/CNN Exit Poll
http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/results/president/exit-polls
http://elections.msnbc.msn.com/ns/politics/2012/all/president/#.UJ9J6_kop2U
http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/results/race/president

Overall Marraige Stats
Married Men/Women 56% vs 42% for Romney
Umarried Men/Women 62% vs 35% for Obama
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Breakdown by Sex

Married Men 60% vs 38% for Romney
Married Women 56% vs 43% for Obama
Unmarried Men 56% vs 40% for Obama
Unmarried Women 67% vs 31%
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What possible effects, if any, does marriage have a man/woman's voting decisions? Any married denizens out there willing to pitch some ideas and give some insight as to how their voting decisions have changed since being hitched?
 
Antiochus said:
Many words have been spilled here regarding the differential statistics for this year's electorate. Yet no one has discussed that Romney has such a commanding lead in married men and women compared with single ones.

Washington Post Exit Poll
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/2012-exit-polls/table.html



The trend extends for all the swing states in the poll with nary a difference

NY times/NBC/CNN Exit Poll
http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/results/president/exit-polls
http://elections.msnbc.msn.com/ns/politics/2012/all/president/#.UJ9J6_kop2U
http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/results/race/president





What possible effects, if any, does marriage have a man/woman's voting decisions? Any married denizens out there willing to pitch some ideas and give some insight as to how their voting decisions have changed since being hitched?
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married men/women are older

unmarried men/women are younger
 
Are there any numbers for married people with children versus without children? How about married women with children versus single women with children?
 
Marriage = tradition

Not marriage = sad sack losers

Really, it's high correlation has less to do with marriage itself and more to do with everything else about the demographics in which marriage is more prevalent.
 
Antiochus said:
What possible effects, if any, does marriage have a man/woman's voting decisions? Any married denizens out there willing to pitch some ideas and give some insight as to how their voting decisions have changed since being hitched?
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Beats me. I eagerly voted for Obama in 2008 as a single man and just as eagerly voted for him last week as a married one. I don't see what changes things.
 
Piecake said:
Id like to know the statistics of pet owners

Who was more democratic? Dog owners or cat owners?
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Cat owners under the age of 50 will be liberal. Cat owners above the age of 50 will be conservative.

Dog owners above the age of 30 will be conservative. Dog owners under the age of 30 will be liberal.

All of that is just a guess, but I would be willing to bet it's true.
 
Most married people don't buy into hope and change and other buzzwords as easily after being out in the real world.
 
Married skews older than Single. And Obamas numbers would be up if people could marry who they wanted to marry (Gay marriage).
 
Married Couples are less likely to be dependent on Government and thus not feel the need to vote to keep the fatted calf coming.

Lets be real here. Its all about voting ones interests. So the government dependent people etc. are obviously going to vote for the party that promises to keep delivering the goods.
 
People who google Top Chef also have a strong correlation with Obama voters. What exactly is it about googling Top Chef that makes you vote for Obama? So weird.
 
antonz said:
Married Couples are less likely to be dependent on Government and thus not feel the need to vote to keep the fatted calf coming.

Lets be real here. Its all about voting ones interests. So the government dependent people etc. are obviously going to vote for the party that promises to keep delivering the goods.
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i'm single. i've yet to see these hand-outs that were promised. I will wait, I was owed these hand-outs.

antonz said:
Most married people don't buy into hope and change and other buzzwords as easily after being out in the real world.
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the other side has buzzwords too.
 
antonz said:
Married Couples are less likely to be dependent on Government and thus not feel the need to vote to keep the fatted calf coming.

Lets be real here. Its all about voting ones interests. So the government dependent people etc. are obviously going to vote for the party that promises to keep delivering the goods.
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I honestly can't tell if you are trolling, but if youre not, what makes you think like this? I mean, do you have actual data or is this just a hunch?
 
antonz said:
Married Couples are less likely to be dependent on Government and thus not feel the need to vote to keep the fatted calf coming.

Lets be real here. Its all about voting ones interests. So the government dependent people etc. are obviously going to vote for the party that promises to keep delivering the goods.
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Exactly. Single people are part of the 47% of America who'll vote for Obama no matter what. Because they just want to take. Why milk the cow when you can make other people milk it for you and then drink the milk anyway?
 
antonz said:
Married Couples are less likely to be dependent on Government and thus not feel the need to vote to keep the fatted calf coming.

Lets be real here. Its all about voting ones interests. So the government dependent people etc. are obviously going to vote for the party that promises to keep delivering the goods.
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What handouts do single men get? If you want government handouts you've got to be a single woman with a kid or kids.
 
antonz said:
Married Couples are less likely to be dependent on Government and thus not feel the need to vote to keep the fatted calf coming.

Lets be real here. Its all about voting ones interests. So the government dependent people etc. are obviously going to vote for the party that promises to keep delivering the goods.
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the mythical welfare queen
 
Cyan said:
Exactly. Single people are part of the 47% of America who'll vote for Obama no matter what. Because they just want to take. Why milk the cow when you can make other people milk it for you and then drink the milk anyway?
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lol, families don't benefit from the government? now I've heard it all!!
 
antonz said:
Married Couples are less likely to be dependent on Government and thus not feel the need to vote to keep the fatted calf coming.

Lets be real here. Its all about voting ones interests. So the government dependent people etc. are obviously going to vote for the party that promises to keep delivering the goods.
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Wow dude, don't just copy and paste talking points it's bad forum.
 
dIEHARD said:
Was nearly the twice the money spent on food stamps under Obama mythical too?
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Probably not, but who cares, out of all the methods to stimulate the economy and provide for the well being of your citizens, EBT has to be the most efficient. It's a guaranteed monthly shot in the arm of a local economy. Being able to take care of more people in need is a good thing.
 
ivedoneyourmom said:
Probably not, but who cares, out of all the methods to stimulate the economy and provide for the well being of your citizens, EBT has to be the most efficient. It's a guaranteed monthly shot in the arm of a local economy. Being able to take care of more people in need is a good thing.
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There was a study that showed that food stamps are the single best economic stimulus per dollar spent. It generates $1.73 of economic stimulus for every dollar of input.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/29/news/economy/stimulus_analysis/index.htm
 
Piecake said:
I honestly can't tell if you are trolling, but if youre not, what makes you think like this? I mean, do you have actual data or is this just a hunch?
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Trent Strong said:
What handouts do single men get? If you want government handouts you've got to be a single woman with a kid or kids.
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antonz said:
Married Couples are less likely to be dependent on Government and thus not feel the need to vote to keep the fatted calf coming.

Lets be real here. Its all about voting ones interests. So the government dependent people etc. are obviously going to vote for the party that promises to keep delivering the goods.
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B-Dubs said:
Wow dude, don't just copy and paste talking points it's bad forum.
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Holy shit too many of you guys in here got trolled. Only Cyan played along.
 
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