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Debate:What kind of leader will Democrats make if they run from debates on Fox? (view source)
Revision as of 14:00, July 6, 2007
, 14:00, July 6, 2007Another reply to HKK
:I don't donate either--but I have already demonstrated how [[conservative]] I am. That I don't donate is because I can't afford to. And besides--people ''donate'' the most important thing that candidates really need when they ''vote'' for that candidate. Now are you prepared to assert that the journalists who do not donate, do not vote, either? Well, maybe not--but are you prepared to show that the journalists who do not donate, ''split their votes straight down the middle'' or even that they vote in proportion to the general population?--[[User:TerryH|TerryH]]<sup>[[User talk:TerryH|Talk]]</sup> 17:40, 5 July 2007 (EDT)
:I don't donate either--but I have already demonstrated how [[conservative]] I am. That I don't donate is because I can't afford to. And besides--people ''donate'' the most important thing that candidates really need when they ''vote'' for that candidate. Now are you prepared to assert that the journalists who do not donate, do not vote, either? Well, maybe not--but are you prepared to show that the journalists who do not donate, ''split their votes straight down the middle'' or even that they vote in proportion to the general population?--[[User:TerryH|TerryH]]<sup>[[User talk:TerryH|Talk]]</sup> 17:40, 5 July 2007 (EDT)
HKK, I'm not all that familiar with the American political scene, and I don't want to speculate too much on ''why'' the journalists might lean more one way than the other, but I think that it's fairly well established that they ''do''. I recall hearing quite a few years ago of a survey that showed that 80% of the American population was opposed to abortion, but 80% of journalists were in favour of it.
Also, the survey that you quoted regarding what journalists believe of themselves (48% liberal/52% conservative or in the middle), I wouldn't give much weight to, as a lot of people consider themselves to be "just right" and everybody else with different views to be "biased". To put it another way, you are asking people to judge where they are in relation to a "centre" that is based on where everyone else is, and most would not be able to accurately make that judgement.
[[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 10:00, 6 July 2007 (EDT)
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