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What class do you fall under and what is your political affiliation?

What social class do you fall under?

  • Capitalist class/wealthy

    Votes: 9 11.8%

  • Upper middle

    Votes: 24 31.6%

  • Lower middle

    Votes: 23 30.3%

  • Working class

    Votes: 12 15.8%

  • Lower class

    Votes: 8 10.5%
  • Total voters
    76
Fisher said:
Libertarian + Farm + "random things"=Moonshiner? :eek:
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Eh I'm more of a bathtub gin man myself, but my neighbors across the road may take a shining to the good ole moon. Now let's not talk about what I "farm." :lol:
 
I'm a student so, yeah, most likely lower class.

Ideologically, I'm a green, democratic, libertarian socialist.

My vote went the way of the incumbent.
 
JohnWOlin said:
First, refer to this image:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e5/Class_US.svg

I am democrat, voted for Obama, I fall under lower middle class smack dab in the middle of it making my situation better than roughly 54% of Americans.
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According to that chart (cough) I fall in the Lower Middle Class, and I'm Republican (RINO, actually - since I just changed party affiliation from the LP).

I'm gainfully employed, own my own home, own my own vehicle, have private health insurance and owe a TON in medical bills for my daughter.

What do you hope your poll/question proves?
 
TheGirlNextDoor said:
According to that chart (cough) I fall in the Lower Middle Class, and I'm Republican (RINO, actually - since I just changed party affiliation from the LP).

I'm gainfully employed, own my own home, own my own vehicle, have private health insurance and owe a TON in medical bills for my daughter.

What do you hope your poll/question proves?
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Mostly that when people here claim this person is on welfare or wants it and is why they voted one way, or this person wants to screw poor people and votes another that in the end everyone's crazy political ideas have nothing to do with class and everything to do with them being crazy.
 
According to that chart, I'm on the upper end of working class. I'm a single adult, well-employed, self-supporting and live alone, and a student who pays her college tuition outright. Politically, I'm an unaffiliated progressive, and voted for Obama.
 
We are in the Capitalist class/wealthy.

My lean was chosen via that political compass thingie…I voted this time for Romney as Roemer and Huntsman were not on our ballot although I seriously considered Johnson, knowing that none of which had a chance. I have voted EVERY opportunity in the last 50 years for just about every party available. We do not have to register a party affiliation in our state.
 
Upper middle, registered Republican but don't necessarily vote that way, voted against Obama (not necessarily for Romney).
 
Aunt Spiker said:
Upper middle class doesn't spend time under their house redoing all the plumbing :D
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I do because I enjoy it. Same reason I reglazed all of the windows on the front of my house and am now prepping to repaint. I don't have to do it but I want it done right so I do it myself.
 
JohnWOlin said:
First, refer to this image:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e5/Class_US.svg

I am democrat, voted for Obama, I fall under lower middle class smack dab in the middle of it making my situation better than roughly 54% of Americans.
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By the standards of your chart, I'm upper middle class. By the standards of the city I live in, I'm pretty much average. I didn't vote for anyone for president. If I lived in a swing state, I'd have felt obligated to vote for Obama.
 
My wife and I have three advanced degrees between the two of us and make enough money to fall in the upper middle class category. We both have car payments, just under 15 years to pay off our home mortgage, and student loans we are still paying. The issue of education cost was never an issue to me, as my two advanced degrees were more important. We both have jobs skills that allow us to change positions if we ever need or want to. We both work long hours and some weekends. We also live paycheck to paycheck because it takes everything we make to get by and we are not frivolous, but rather niggardly with our money, at least I am. :mrgreen:

I would like to retire in the next 10 years and that's one reason I voted for Romney. Have you noticed the NYSE since Obama was reelected? That's my retirement I've worked for 30 years to acquire dropping like a rock. Now I'm not so sure I'll be able to retire at all.

Oh yes, my wife and I grew up lower middle class. My dad retired from the US Navy as a Chief Petty Officer and my mom was a stay at home mom. So I know what it's like to work for everything you get. I guess that's another reason I'm conservative.
 
Upper middle class. I voted for Jill Stein.
 
Μολὼν λαβέ;1061164083 said:
I would like to retire in the next 10 years and that's one reason I voted for Romney. Have you noticed the NYSE since Obama was reelected? That's my retirement I've worked for 30 years to acquire dropping like a rock. Now I'm not so sure I'll be able to retire at all.
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My job and collage would have me working class, but my pay would be mid range upper middle class. Libertarian

cpwill said:
:shrug: take it for what it's worth - but I would recommend buying against a new car unless you are otherwise debt free and can pay for it in cash. Even then, buying brand new is like taking 25K and investing it in a stock that you know is going to lose 2/3rds of it's value over the next three years. Unless you can afford that kind of loss.....
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I disagree, but there are a lot of variable to look at for the final determination. Cars and houses, unlike stock have a value outside of their monetary value. If you take good care of the vehicle, you can get a good 20 years out of it, whereas by buying used, depending on how old and how well maintained, you could spend more over the 20 years on cars and maintenance then the cost and maintenance of the new car. Likewise for the house, especially if you are planning on remaining in it. That's why I don't see why some people are worried about being upside down unless they were planning on moving in the near future. The question is what will the house be worth at the end of your use, not during the mortgage.

Harry Guerrilla said:
Most Americans don't realize, that on the global scale, they're part of the top 5%.
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As I understand it our poor do better then EU's lower and middle class

Kr1ll1n said:
People seriously need to stop with this idiotic notion that Education ALWAYS equates to increased Income.
It's one of the main reasons education is so damned expensive.
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Education ALWAYS does equate to increased income. What a lot of people don't realize is that education may be a trade, and not some degree.

Guess which education scenario would be cheaper?
Average of 5 people in a given area pursuing higher education, 3 local colleges.
Average of 500 people in a given area pursuing higher education, 3 local colleges.

When demand outpaces supply, costs go up. This is econ 101, from the high school I dropped out of.
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Mass production or education can be cheaper. If the three local colleges are geared to teach 500 each, then the 500 average will be cheaper to educate than the 5. When demand gets too low, then it also become expensive to keep producing.
 
Cephus said:
I do because I enjoy it. Same reason I reglazed all of the windows on the front of my house and am now prepping to repaint. I don't have to do it but I want it done right so I do it myself.
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I also am in the Upper bracket and not only re did all of the plumbing on my home but also the Electrical, ceilings, walls, floors, etc. I did it to save a ton of money, and I like doing my own work. I feel like I will be in better shape if I ever need work done and can't afford it.
 
I consider myself in the lower middle class bracket.........as an educator my income is at the upper limit of it. I do have a graduate degree, however, so I'm not certain where I fit exactly. :shrug:

On the political end of it.........I am a fiscal conservative who is probably more in line with the Blue Dog Democrats on most social/environmental/foreign policy issues. As far as the election.....being quite disgusted with the choices.......I chose to write in a candidate......Chuck Norris to be exact. :lol:

No, I didn't waste a vote.......no one's popular vote actually counted in my state anyway. :shrug:
 
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I am in lower middle class, however, I do not have a college degree (I don't think my sound engineer license is equivalent to a degree).
I voted for Obama. Now I am with the green party.
 
JohnWOlin said:
First, refer to this image:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e5/Class_US.svg

I am democrat, voted for Obama, I fall under lower middle class smack dab in the middle of it making my situation better than roughly 54% of Americans.
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The existence of a "Working Class" implies the other classes don't work, which is false.
Also, a "Capitalist Class" implies only the most rich are Capitalists, which is also false. Capitalism is a way of commerce, not a net-worth. You can be in lower class and a Capitalist at the same time.
 
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Harry Guerrilla said:
Most Americans don't realize, that on the global scale, they're part of the top 5%.
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Not to sound conspiratorial, but it is my firm belief that one day we will have a global government. IMO this will look less like an overbearing empier and more like a solid trade organisation.

I hope I live to see that day, because when America is placed in context to the rest of the world and global taxes are decided, I want to watch the liberals squirm as the world hates the lowest American for being in the upper-elite of the world. I can't wait for their own standard to be applied to them and their assets taxed into ruin.
 
We are upper middle class. We have associates degrees. Both of us voted for Obammer/Joe in '08 and '12.

We're Democrats.
 
Jerry said:
Not to sound conspiratorial, but it is my firm belief that one day we will have a global government. IMO this will look less like an overbearing empier and more like a solid trade organisation.

I hope I live to see that day, because when America is placed in context to the rest of the world and global taxes are decided, I want to watch the liberals squirm as the world hates the lowest American for being in the upper-elite of the world. I can't wait for their own standard to be applied to them and their assets taxed into ruin.
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That's cool, just as long as I'm exempt from all the taxes and other bad things.
I'm a good person...really.
 
Low-Middle

I'm a Libertarian
 
Dirt Racer said:
I also am in the Upper bracket and not only re did all of the plumbing on my home but also the Electrical, ceilings, walls, floors, etc. I did it to save a ton of money, and I like doing my own work. I feel like I will be in better shape if I ever need work done and can't afford it.
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I don't even care about the cost, I am an amateur woodworker, I live in a 1926 house on 10 acres and I do all of my own home repairs and enhancements because I love restoring old houses. If I have the time, the skills and the tools to do a job, I will do the job myself. If not, I hire someone to do it. Half the fun of having an old house is working on it!
 
Viktyr Gehrig said:
Yeah, there really should be-- there's people who can afford to pay a tenth of their income, and people who can afford to live off a tenth of their income.

I'm just saying... if your parents can afford to put three children through college on their own, they're wealthy.
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That's just not true and it's sad that people are so uninformed that they actually believe this.
 
Donahue said:
That's just not true and it's sad that people are so uninformed that they actually believe this.
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You should count your blessings you're so far removed from the lower class that you don't realize how wealthy you are.
 
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