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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

There isn’t going to be any kind of clear cut data on it. So we have to make inferences.

The majority of Americans who earn in the top 40 per cent, and the majority of millionaire polled, support the Democrats.

https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-b...ection-1806747

I trust that polling about as much as I trust that companies who promote diversity and inclusion actually care about the lives of marginalized people. It’s not exactly hard data that proves they voted Democrat.

65 percent of taxpayer households that earn more than $500,000 per year are in Democratic districts.

https://www.thenation.com/article/so...h-party-obama/

Based on earnings demographics in the overall population, unless Democrats are winning those districts by 90% plus it’s really not a strong indication that the majority of those people are for sure voting Democrat.

In 2012, Democrats had stronger support than Republicans among the wealthiest 4 per cent of Americans. I couldn’t that data from more recent elections, but given the ongoing realignment of politics along educational lines, I’d be surprised if that trend reversed.

https://www.vox.com/polyarchy/2016/6...-wealthy-party

I don’t know, you’ve got people like Elon Musk who used to claim to be a Democrat now investing millions of dollars to support the republicans. It’s really not in most business owners’ best interest to actually oppose a party that is going to give them a tonne of breaks financially.

I don’t think it’s a stretch to think there’s a strong correlation between earning in the top 10-40 per cent of income and being in the managerial class.

“Managerial class” doesn’t necessarily mean you’re an owner of a business though, or “boss” as you put it. I consider the boss to be an owner, despite what the labour code says I still consider supervisors/managerial staff to be employees. So I guess that’s where I fundamentally disagree with your argument that the majority of bosses vote Democrat. However even if you were to include them as bosses, I don’t believe the correlation between lower level managers and education is as great as you’re making it out to be. Lots of supervisors/managers in lower wage and labour intensive industries start at entry level positions and work their way up, because it’s often cheaper to fill a manager role that way than it is to try and attract candidates with degrees from outside the organization. I think it’s also worth noting that most people with a post secondary education are still just employees.