Tuesday, June 2, 2015

"Democratic vs. Republican occupations"

"Most librarians are Democrats. Most farmers are Republicans.
As a group, doctors are in the middle, though pediatricians lean left and urologists right."

Below: Ratios of Democrats (blue) vs. Republicans (red).
Data source: Campaign contribution data from the FEC.





28 comments:

edutcher said...

According to them, lots more Demos in IT.

Nowhere I worked.

Aridog said...

I am not listed. :-(

Rabel said...

If avocations count, then dog trainers are 67D to 33R.

Rabel said...

Gardeners are 77D to 23R.

Trooper York said...

No bra fitters on the list.

I guess it is because we don't get tenure.

It is a tough job.

It's all in the hands. Just sayn'

bagoh20 said...

Nothing listed for top secret crime fighting superheroes, so as far I know, we are all libertarian neocons.

Methadras said...

Well, according to the chart, engineers lean left by about 75%. However, if you did a break down of the older engineers vs. younger out-of-school-within-5-years engineers, you could see a better breakdown. Also, there are different types of engineering, so that diversified breakdown would be even better to mine for information.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

Do people switch to democrat if they become unemployed... most likely.

Rabel said...

"...so that diversified breakdown would be even better to mine for information."

Scroll down past the line break then click on engineering.

Leland said...

Lem, I think the unemployed would be the Stay at Home Mom or Dad vs the Homemaker.

My engineering specialty isn't listed, but my observation doesn't support the data.

AllenS said...

OK, figure this one out. It was reported that Bruce Jenner was a Republican.

That fact alone destroys the chart.

bagoh20 said...

In looking for some general defining principle here, I see that the right side of the ledger is more composed of occupations with clear objective merit measurements, while the left is more jobs that are subjective in performance. More comfort with bullshit on the left side, where you can tell yourself and your colleagues that you're all doing a great job without having to really prove it. In fact, many of these jobs are openly hostile to objective measurements.

It's all similar to Obama, Hillary, Holder, Gore, unions, bureaucrats, artists, journalists, professors, etc. Jobs that have lots of awards events, and long, wordy, often indecipherable titles.

Now you can be in one of these professions and be a very effective, good, and valuable person, but I'm just looking for a general difference here.


ndspinelli said...

I have been saying for the past 20 years or so one of the biggest determining factors in a person's politics is their occupation. I would love to see the red/blue breakdown of people on the dole. Gotta be 80plus% blue.

bagoh20 said...

Republican values should include respecting individual freedom to pursue happiness at your own expense. I think Jenner is doing that, but I'm not down with celebrating it. He's doing what he wants primarily for himself, now that his family is grown and fully nuts anyway. That's not heroic of him, but it is liberty. Jenner seems to mostly respect Republican values from what I've heard him say. He's just high on narcissism right now. Everyone he knows is addicted too, so that's not surprising.

ndspinelli said...

I went to the website and found no real surprises. Click on the red/blue names. Again, no surprises, Jasmine and Dylan very blue, Duane very red. I have a neighbor named Duane who is more red than anyone who comments here.

ricpic said...

Poets 90% Democrat

It's enough to make you crazy,
It's enough to make you mad:
The unacknowledged legislators
Have no sense, not a tad.

Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...

So now everyone knows which sort of professionals to keep their kids away from.

Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...

Jenner seems to mostly respect Republican values from what I've heard him say. He's just high on narcissism right now.

That would be the primary Republican value.

bagoh20 said...

Just for example, compare your recent Presidents, Dem.and Repub., and tell me who are the narcissists? Who were the most important people in the world for a few years, and yet still found it not enough for their egos? I predict Obama will be the most disgusting in this regard. In fact, his whole presidency has been a performance art in narcissism. He has a tough act to follow with Slick Willie still tearing up the stupid pussy, Now if you want to know how that appears to the opposite side, Ritmo, just imagine President Trump, and you will get the taste of it. Now imagine he got the Nobel Peace prize before even taking office. Just imagine how proud you would be to have him as your President. Here's the thing about that though, he actually accomplished things besides just being famous. He could look in the mirror and say: "You earned this", and at least have an argument.

Aridog said...

Rabel ... as for "avocations" as dog trainers, I don't fit the norm I guess. Fact is, none of the dog handlers I know do either. Wonder where they get these stats?

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

@Bagoh Now if you want to know how that appears to the opposite side, Ritmo, just imagine President Trump, and you will get the taste of it.


hahaha thank you.


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Speaking of Narcissism.... Hollywood supports what party again? Oh yeah - the self-congratulatory inbred hypocrite golden statue hander-outers(D). Obama hath called Clooney and commanded he support Hillary.

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

I got that turned around because I'm tired and coffee isn't until tomorrow. nighty.

bagoh20 said...

You know someday a Presidential candidate will get a sex change just to be the first Trany Pres., then change it back, so it can run for office again under a new name. Probably have sex with his secretary girl, then do the secret service dude. It's all about being first to market.

Rabel said...

"where they get these stats"

Federal Election Commission campaign contribution records. Then extrapolate to the general populations. In other words, horse shit.

Synova said...

I'm really shocked that that many Catholic Priests are Republican.

ndspinelli said...

Abortion is the main reason.

Aridog said...

Synova said...

I'm really shocked that that many Catholic Priests are Republican.

I am not and abortion is the least of it. The difference between the diocesan bureaucrats and parish pastors is huge. The former more like DC, the later more like you and me. We like to manage our own, or in their case, their parishes', money. The more successful, the harder the bureaucrats go at them. There in lies the biggest difference. Pope Francis many say idolizing money is a problem, and he's right...if he's talking about the diocesan bureaucrats. I suspect he's kept in the dark, or clueless, whatever.

Chip Ahoy said...

The pairings are genius.