A random fact or two…
It is May 5th, 2011 and I am already tired of all the speculation concerning the 2012 Presidential election. However, being the data-nerd that I am I find the research leading up to the election fascinating.
The most interesting thing I've read in awhile comes out the Pew Research Center. They conducted massive surveys of over 3,000 people and used the information to develop a political typology report. They asked questions about government performance, religion, business, foreign policy, race and many other subjects.
Using all this data they determined there were 9 distinct political groups in American 2011: staunch conservatives, main street republicans, libertarians, disaffecteds, post-moderns, new coalition democrats, hard-pressed democrats, solid liberals and bystanders. They even developed a short quiz so you can see which group you most align with.
I love the random tidbits of data.
- 2 out of 10 of solid liberals watch The Daily Show on a regular basis.
- Libertarians have a low church attendance rates.
- 57% of staunch republicans own guns.
- 63% of post-moderns use social-networking
Take the quiz yourself!
http://people-press.org/typology/quiz/