why do liberals tend to be more educated than their conservative counterparts?
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diamond dave is wrong. studies do show a tendency of college educatoin level-or higher-to vote liberally; however, there are other studies that show the more wealthy an individual becomes, the higher the tendency is to vote republican. The republican party seems to help out the elites while running on moral platforms supported by uneducated bible belters who think-for some reason liberals can't figure out-that those issues are important matters for congress to discuss: these people usually vote against their self-interests. Diamond D was right about the part on asking the government for assistance, though. Democrats are more likely to ask for some kid of aid.
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People in rural areas tend to have less education and they tend to stick to old ideas. Republicans just now how to appeal to these kinds of people. Liberals tend to use logic to analyze the situation rather then following their emotions. In cities there are a lot of ideas thrown at you allowing you to look at things from a different perspective from different people, which is why liberals tend to support diversity and equality.
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The liberal guys are all hot because they're gay.  I've never met a smart liberal but, then again, they may be smart when compared to you.\n\nConservatives have better things to do than stare in the mirror or try to impress air-headed girls like you.  We're more than happy to have you hanging out with the liberal guys.  Please stay there.\n\nAnd while you're all hanging around being hot, why don't you all discuss why liberals refuse to allow those in poverty to better themselves and, instead, continue to try to keep them in poverty?  Whereas conservatives would like to give people in poverty the tools to help themselves permanently out of poverty, you liberals just want to give them handouts.  You liberals have been promising to help the impoverished for 40 years now.  40 years of failure.  But I guess spending your time insulting conservatives will help those in poverty.  Good work.
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Democrats believe in equal rights, freedom, and American liberties, while Republicans believe only their supporters deserve rights, trample on freedom, and scoff at American liberties.  \n\nMany more conservatives have been found guilty of committing crimes while in office than Democrats. \n\nOn one hand conservatives claim to be good Christians while ignoring most of what the Bible teaches while on the other hand liberals tend to follow the teachings of Jesus displaying compassion, tolerance, and honesty.\n\nOne of the flaws which has hurt the liberals is they admit when they are wrong and if a liberal is caught doing wrong, other Democrats don’t continue to support them. In contrast, when a Republican is caught doing something wrong, conservatives will still back them.\n\nConservatives often resort to name calling and foul language (ie: VP Chaney) when they no longer have an intelligent argument and Democrats always have an intelligent response. \n\nI would say the big difference is liberals tend to be concerned about the well being of all Americans while conservatives pursue their own self serving agendas.\n\nIs that logical enough for you?
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Saying "convservatives" or "liberals" are uneducated is a gross generalisation. It always means that the person saying it has encountered a head strong idiot with particular views that oppose theirs. \n\nThat said, most self proclaimed "conservatives" or "liberals" are idiots. Nothing wrong with having views on an issue, but ask yourself how you came to have those views. \n\nAs Chris Rock once said: "Any person who declares a stance on an issue before examining the issue itself is an idiot."
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The answer is in the question, "Liberalsuck". \n\nLiberals are, generally, uneducated (though there are a few in acedemia who are edeucated beyond their intellectual capacity) and ignorant. They also base much on feelings, rather than on simple, hard logic. \n\nSince libs are generally uninformed (though they seem to think they are BETTER informed than we conservatives), there is little else they can do than to throw unimaginative insults and profanities... It's sad really.
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There appears to be a lot of hippie liberals on this site.  President Bush's IQ is higher than all of yours, he went to an Ivy League School.
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BECAUSE LIBERALISM CLOUDS THE LEFT WING KOOKS BRAINS UP SO MUCH THAT THEY THINK UP STUPID THINGS
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Basic conservative mindset. The strength of conservatives is that they tend to operate in a more organized, coherent, and group-minded fashion. \n\nLiberals tend to be more creative, more flexible, and as a result, often come up with different ideas about how to solve a problem. Since most Democrats are liberal to one degree or another, that also shows through in the lack of coherence in the Democratic party.\n\nThe only question is, can the all at least reach consensus about specific issues, and thus be able to accomplish those tasks? Time will tell.
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I am conservative, but do not belong to any political party in particular.  Although there are many liberals and liberal organizations in power (NOW, PETA, ACLU) who take the view of the extremes most liberals on the street are suffering from various levels of ignorance about what they are really supporting. \n\nWhen it comes to ordinary everyday people, Liberals tend to be those who think with their hearts when it comes to decisions affecting others.  People who think with their hearts tend to consider how their decisions affect the individuals involved.  They tend to work well with individuals or small groups in helping careers such as teaching and nursing.  This is no reflection of their intelligence, because there are plenty of intelligent liberals out there.  It is only an indication of how they make decisions.  People who think with their hearts may need to put extra effort in learning to look at the logical side of things when making decisions in politics.  Liberals also tend to jump feet first into accepting new ideas hoping that the ideas will work, so that they can be on the ground floor.\n\nOn the other hand, conservatives tend to think with their heads.  They focus on how their decisions affect the group as a whole.  They usually work better in logical fields such as in laboratory science or the law.  This is not a reflection on conservatives ability for compassion, but only on how they make decisions.  People who think with their heads may need to put extra effort into considering how their decisions affect the individuals involved.  Conservatives tend to look before they leap and accepting new ideas only if there is good reason to believe that those ideas will work better than those that are in place.  They are more likely to give up being on the ground floor in favor of caution. \n\nMost people are somewhere in the middle of the road.\n\nThat having been said.  Running the government (as opposed to a local club or group) requires much thinking in terms of the whole group.  There is no way that a federal government over 300 million people or even a town government over 3,000 can meet the needs of every individual in those groups.  The federal government should limit itself to issues affecting the country at large (national defense, disputes between the states, etc).  State governments should limit itself to issues which affect itself as a whole (maintaining state highways, justice systems, etc).  All other issues (schools, county road and park maintenence, zoning laws, etc) should be handled by local governments.  The needs of individuals should be handled by families, churches, and private charities.
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Most liberals think they are good because they want to take things that people work hard for, and give them to people who are 'less fortunate'.  And by less fortunate, I mean people who decided not to go to school and learn something, and people who are too lazy to get a job because they will lose their welfare checks if they do.
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they are mostly lapdogs for liberals, since they all seem to have been educated by the same socialist type professors with the same buzz words to know each other by...\n\ndont pay any attention to news that doesnt give you competing sides of every issue and let you make your own mind up...
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http://www.armchairsubversive.com/\n\nIt stems from a certain amount of sexual frustration and guilt coupled by secretly acting out.  "Liberal" people tend to be more honest with their sexuality, and therefore act out sexually in healthy ways.  \n\nConservatives on the other hand choose to repress their sexuality, which holds a certain amount of inherent dishonesty, and are far more prone to porno addiction, child incest, child molestation, serial rape, and psycho-sexual serial murder.  Even Ted Bundy was a very politically active Republican, working for several Florida campaigns.
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The reason this appears to be true is because the higher a person goes to obtain knowledge the better their ability to gather information, solve problems and critically think.  Religion plays more to a person's emotions than their intelligence.  It's easier to be passive and pray for better times than to be aggressive and create better times. \n\nA person with little to no education will have confidence in something/someone other than themselves while a person with education will have more confidence in themselves.
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I think this goes for both liberals and conservatives.  It's just more obvious to you when you are on the receiving end of it.
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:-)  Not sure what got into me but i'm hoping you will get it from the horses mouth since i forwarded your question to the Conservative Party.  (with a link to this question obviously)I reckon the new conservatives are more llikely to answer than the old ones ever were. \nAlso this is what you get when you put 'new conservatives' into their search egine: http://www.conservatives.com/search.results.page.do
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As a moderate, I find conservatives difficult to have an intelligent conversation. Many of them seem to have the "know it all" attitude and are very set in their ways and unable or unwilling to compromise. Far left liberals are the same way.  \n\nBuddy, it cuts both ways. Why not having a political discussion without labeling people? Just debate the ideas and be open to new ideas? \n\nI am convinced that most Americans are heartedly tired of the liberal vs. conservative ideological debate because it will be argued forever while problems go unsolved.