[FRIAM] interesting - if true

[Merle Lefkoff]

Didn't we know that already?

On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 1:56 PM Prof David West <profwest at fastmail.fm>
wrote:

> I encountered the following assertions but have not been able to confirm
> or refute.
>
> 65% of Americans earning $500,000/yr or more are registered Democrats and
> 74% of those earning $100,000 or less are Registered Republican.
> (Supposedly, IRS is source, but I can find it.)
>
> The 20 wealthiest Congressional Districts have Democratic representatives.
> (How was wealth measured?)
>
> 17 of the 20 wealthiest zip codes gave more money to Democrats than
> Republicans. (
>
> More than half of the wealthiest individuals (Forbes list I guess) in the
> US, consistently support, in words and contributions (how would anyone
> know) "liberal democratic" values and causes.
>
> If these were true, it would be interesting to the extent it belies the
> caricatures of the Republican party as the bastion of the plutocrats and
> the Democratic party as the champion of the working class.
>
> davew
>
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