My brother is doing a report and needs help.

[KeireG]

He's exploring whether or not a difference exists between the average income and general well-being of people who vote Democrat compared to those who vote Republican. I tried googling some stuff fpr him, but didn't really come up with anything substantial. Anyone who could direct me to information relating to this will be a real lifesaver.

[Ready4Change]

1. People who think they are rich, vote for Republicans.

People who want the best opportunity to become rich vote Democratic.

[LynnTheDem]

2. He could extrapolate red welfare states versus blue states

The big $ states are the blue states; the red states (aka welfare states) take in more Fed monies than they give.

There's lots of info and gov sites with that info. Would that help?

[KeireG]

3. See, I thought about that, but...

red states and blue states is such a broad an inaccurate grouping. We're really focusing on the demographics that traditionally vote certain ways.

[LynnTheDem]

4. The CW is rich vote republican; middle class and poor vote Dem

And the exception to that rule is the white poor South, who tend to vote as IF they were rich. IE republican.

There have been studies done on this, and I think Josh Marshall (Talking Points Memo) had a bunch of stuff on it. I'll see if I can find anything...

How to Sell a Candidate

Media consultants to Bush's re-election campaign undertook detailed study of Amerians' consumer behavior and political opinions that they used to guide their advertising; ... Porsche owners were more likely to be Republican; Volvo owners, Democratic.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30F16FC3F550C758CDDAB0994DC404482

still looking...

[LynnTheDem]

5. Couple links...

The Working Class Forgot To Show Up

lower-income people, ...
household incomes of under $30000 a year, vote overwhelmingly Democratic, ...
http://www.frigatezine.com/review/politics/rpo02ste.html

"Rich people vote Republican, and poor people vote Democratic"

http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/bcaplan/e410/pc6.htm

Can't find the juicy stuff, lots of charts and graphs etc and I know there are bunches...