[greenguy]

I found this interesting document from a polling/reserach company. It suggests some pretty interesting things about education and voting likliness. [Find it here] Page 25 of the PDF file.

It suggests supporters of the Liberal and Green Party are more likely to have a university education rather than college or highschool. (Liberal party is 36% highschool, 37% highschool, and 45% university; Green Party is 3% high school, 2% college and 5% university)

It suggests supporters of the Bloc are more likely to have a college education than a university or a high school education. (Bloc is 10% Highschool, 15% College, 10% University)

It suggests supporters of the Conservative Party and New Democratic Party are more likely to have a highschool education than university or college. (Conservatives are 31% highschool, 28% college, and 23% university; New Democratic Party are 20% highschool, 18% college and 18% university)

Do smarter people vote for certain parties more often? Do smarter people vote for the Liberal and the Green Party?

[Newfie Scott]

Well the way I've observed it in my years here at university is that universities tend to vote for left wing parties because, at Canadian universities especially, there's more of a socialist-liberal atmopshere. You try to support conservatism on most Canadian university campuses, and you'll disappear overnight. Likewise, if you try to recruit for the CF on campus (at least in Windsor - think that was the university) you'll be kicked off campus.

[-Mario-]

I hate statistics... you can make them say whatever you want. No personnal attack... Just facts.

[Gunbunny]

Please keep in mind the way the Canadian population is dispersed as this is a great factor in those numbers. I know how western Canada thinks cause I live here. I read as much as I can about the rest of Canada so that I can make a judgement call on what is happening in the Rest of Canada & how they think, but it's my judgement and I'm not infalable. The numbers that you have provided are tied to a direct relation to the population in Canada and not as a Per Capita. Mario is right facts can be twisted. They are twisted buy removing or adding a number of variables. Facts can be changed and manipulated this is how people work there side of the story. To get a post secondary education you don't have to be nessesarily smart, all you have to have is a work ethic and a good one at that. Yes being smart helps, but just about every university prof. I've ever had has told my class this. Some of the Smarttest people I have ever met never went to University, and on the fip side some of the more dumb ones have a degree. Of course this isn't the case all the time. Trying to relate that the "Smart" People vote for the Liberal party and the Green Party Doesn't fly. Relating that post secondary schools foster the views of the Liberal party and press it appon the students does fly.

[dgthe3]

More University students may have been willing to participate in the survey. However, it does seem to make sense that university students would be more liberal in their views and/or more environmentally aware. That explains that part, to a degree. But a similar explanation cannot be easily found for the other parties. For example, why is there a similar educational breakdown for both NDP and Conservatives?

More importantly though, looking at the stats they generated, more people with either a high school education, college education, or university education would vote liberal. And more people in any income bracket would also vote liberal. Also, given that there are more people in the lower income brackets than in the higher ones, there will be many more voters for Liberals than any other party, according to the stats. And lower income is generally associated with lower education. Therefore, a stats expert could conclude that people with a lower education are more likely to vote liberal.

Like was said earlier, stats can say anything you want them to.

[OIlman]

Whos the smart one? the guy that goes to university for 5 years and gets a fine arts or some other degree where you'll depend on the gorvenment too supply you with a job or the guy that gets a trade, gets paid while he or she gets there ticket then make a bucket of cash. tell me green guy who's the smart one?

[-Mario-]

If this had been done in the States... You could tell the Fox news watcher from the other ones.

[Dayseed]

Oilman,

You didn't attend university, did you?

[hwacker]

If you’re a university grad, voted Liberal 3X and you couldn’t see what they were doing in the last 8 years. Does that make you smart or dumb for not reading the signs properly?

The writing was on the walls for the last 8 years and lots of educated people keep putting them back into the robber’s seat. What does that say?


"Liberal party is 36% highschool, 37% highschool, and 45% university"

Boy some parents should be pissed, wasting all that money on school and their kids didn't learn a thing about life.

[hormel26c]

greenguy greenguy:

Do smarter people vote for certain parties more often? Do smarter people vote for the Liberal and the Green Party?

You seem to be equating "smart" with a university education. Having worked with degree bearing individuals who had all the intelligence of a mushroom brush, I would suggest that education and intelligence are not one in the same thing.

[QBC]

I attended university and I have to tell you that in my travels through career and life, intelligence dousn't equal education level. Some of the dumbest people I've ever met had multiple letters after their names and a few of the most intelligent never made it out of highschool. So this threads comparison in my opinion isn't a valid one.

[Erinites]

HALLELJUAH!!!!

[QBC]

LOL...wow, hormel, were your reading my mind..........

[hormel26c]

QBCguy QBCguy:

LOL...wow, hormel, were your reading my mind..........

It's a bad habit I have... reading minds, predicting wars and that sort of thing.

[jadeofthenorth]

There are a lot of dumbasses in uni. Tons of people blindly follow the NDP just because they are 'social democrats'. Only an idiot would vote based on ideology. I'm (being) university educated and I will always vote for the party who I think: (in order of importance)
a) will do the best job
b) The merits of the candiate in my constituincy
c) Has DOCUMENTED policies that reflect my personal beliefs
d) Has a strong leader

People who just vote for the same party year in and year out are all clueless. This study supports the claims of a 'leftist' bias in academia, but really, who didn't already know that? Uneducated people are likely to make less money, so they probably support the tax cuts that would come with voting conservative.