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www.gallup.com...
By a 2-to-1 margin, 64% to 31%, Americans would not like their child to go into politics as a career. The results are the same whether the question is asked about a "child," a "son," or a "daughter." There has been little change in the percentage of Americans who would favor a political career for their son or daughter over the past two decades.
www.newsmax.com...
Among non-white adults, 42 percent would like to see their son go into politics, and 45 percent would support that career for their daughters. Among whites, the numbers are 26 percent support for sons and 25 percent for daughters.
Sounds very smart, don't encourage your kids to fight for freedom and liberty and let tyranny prevail. Maybe Americans do need to be re-educated.
Could be the fact after centuries of not having any control over society, minorities have a more realistic view of how to effect change...Seems to me that the 75% of white Americans who wouldn't support their children if they went into politics aren't exactly being truthful. I mean do you really think that 75% of the white people in the country would be upset if there child got a respectable career like a congressman or gov.?
The part you left out of your post homie, was that rassmusen is a very conservative poll, add that in with the fact that it only has a sample size of 1000, and it's obvious at least the percent of the population this is supposed to account for is at best questionable.
www.gallup.com...
Results for this Gallup poll are based on telephone interviews conducted June 20-24, 2013, with a random sample of 2,048 adults, aged 18 and older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
You can't really expect a conservative poll to give you an accurate feel for the percentage of white america that is anti government....It would be like using a liberal poll to find out how americans feel about G.W. (bush).
Politics used to be about serving your neighbor, representing your neighborhood, becoming a public servant. Now it is less popular than being a professional "goat-raper" (or am I being redundant?)
Cost and social engineering has made professional politics an unobtainable profession that is currently filled with self-serving, bloviating, egotistical, megalomaniacs.
The problem is that the scum currently walking the hallowed halls of our state and federal capitals won't allow laws to be passed that would make politics more obtainable to regular folks.
articles.washingtonpost.com...
According to a study by Sentier Research, a firm specializing in income statistics, non-Hispanic whites reaped 76 percent of the nation’s total wages and other income from 2008 to 2010, even though they accounted for 64 percent of the population. The income share was down slightly from 78 percent in mid-decade, reflecting the diminishing percentage of the non-Hispanic white population.
Asian Americans, who make up about 5 percent of the population, earned a slightly higher share of total income — less than a percentage point more. But blacks and Hispanics, the two largest minority groups, earned considerably less than a proportionate share.
Shows that most people want their kids to be truthful and not to skirt the truth all day long. I expected more than 66 percent myself, I guess more of our society is succumbing to accepting deceit as an everyday practice.
Originally posted by seabag
reply to post by beezzer
Cost and social engineering has made professional politics an unobtainable profession that is currently filled with self-serving, bloviating, egotistical, megalomaniacs.
The problem is that the scum currently walking the hallowed halls of our state and federal capitals won't allow laws to be passed that would make politics more obtainable to regular folks.
If it was a money issue then why are non-whites more inclined to send their kids into the fray?
I’m not discounting your opinion; I’m just playing devil’s advocate and trying to understand this phenomenon.
Originally posted by artemisminion
reply to post by rickymouse
You mean what does the person doing the poll have to do with it??????
Lol the person doing the poll can decide how to word the questions and who is on there call list. Call me crazy but the person taking the poll is far more influential the the person doing the poll.
In my opinion it's a conservative poll, So the numbers will be skewed towards the anti gov. side of things... I mean 75% of white america would be disappointed if there child ends up with a great paying, great benefits, great influence job... doubtful
I would love for my kid to be an elected official... I mean who wouldn't. Your kids Gov. but you really wish she had went into the restaurant business. you're kids gov. but you didn't help with the campaign or brag to your friends. LMAO tell me this isn't ridiculous to everyone else too.
Originally posted by voudon
If the system is going to be fixed it needs a full redesign after a thorough analysis of every war, major political scandal, economic collapse and so on. In my opinion a couple of ethical people in a corrupt government is a band aid temp fix. Even if by some miracle politicians decided to be ethical under the current system, what is to stop a repeat in history?
Originally posted by QuantriQueptidez
Upticks in 1955 and 1965, besides that it's been mostly the same.
This isn't a recent thing for this generation.
My guess is the upticks represent a rise in morale as cultural changes led to political change.
People realized the system worked when enough pressure was applied.
During the rest, people remained disgruntled, else apathetic.