Everything you've ever wanted to know about DUers

[Skinner]

The Blog Reader Survey is finished, and we've got a lot of interesting information about the members of Democratic Underground...

35% are between the ages of 46 and 55
93% voted in 2006
53% watch the Daily Show
74% are Democrats
48% have a passport
26% watch the Simpsons
54% have attended a political rally, speech, or protest in the last year
85% have signed a petition in the last year
86% have written or called a politician in the last year
85% connect to the Internet by cable or DSL
Most popular car brand is Ford
Favorite film genre is comedy
Favorite gin is Tanqueray
64% floss regularly

Thank you to everyone who took the survey. There's lots more info available here:

http://www.blogreaderproject.com/Blogs/democratic-underground

[BlooInBloo]

1. Thanks! Bombay is better, though.

[Tesha]

64. Mr. Tesha disagrees with you...

> Bombay is better, though.

Mr. Tesha disagrees with you. He recently did a direct
blind taste test between Tanqueray (his usual gin) and
Bombay. Not only did he correctly identify the Tanq but
he also had strong opinions about which gin was better.

IIRC, he thought the Bombay was "smokey/oily" tasting
versus the Tanq being "spicey/savory".

BTW, the NYTimes recently had a lengthy article comparing
various "name" gins:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/02/dining/02wine.html?ex=1182571200&en=c67409a244517499&ei=5070

Tesha

[BlooInBloo]

77. (shrug) The Gin Guy agrees with me, at least...

... For whatever it's worth in the context of a personal taste issue.

http://www.damngoodwine.com/Gin7best.htm

[liberaldemocrat7]

208. Someone did say to me DU has plenty of Republican trolls.

If only 74% maintain membership in the Democratic Party then that leaves plenty of room for Republican trolls here. While these people don't say they support Republicans in a message they do tend to disrupt threads calling for activism with disparaging remarks or remarks that say oh that activity won't work, etc.

[tbyg52]

153. I like Bombay (Sapphire) anyway

And I *don't* like Tanqueray. No need to do a blind test.

Edited to say: I wonder if they tested it with regular Bombay, or *Sapphire*? There's a HUGH difference.

Grey Goose is downright icky. I bought *one* bottle for the pretty glass that came with it, and threw it out after one sip.

Edited to say: Oh, wait, that's vodka, isn't it? It's still icky. And it's expensive too. I like Stoli. It's expensive, but it's worth it.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

2. I'm Going Through It Now. It's Fascinating. Thanks For The Info!

[SharonRB]

3. I think this means I'm over the DU hill

What happened to that 7% who didn't vote? I assume this would include non-U.S. citizens and teens who can't vote yet.

[EFerrari]

23. Skinner's cheating on the age thing. Put another way, he's holding

some of us at 39 like Jack Benny. :)

[SharonRB]

27. Well, if you put it that way....

but I'll be 58 two months from today.

[EFerrari]

31. I met you. That's simply impossible. You can't be a day over 39.

:hi:

[SharonRB]

47. Oh, but I am

Thanks for the compliment!

:hi:

[5thGenDemocrat]

76. No kidding. I've met Sharon

And I'd have guessed her to be ten years younger than that.
John
Hi Sharon. Didn't mean to talk about you in the third person.

[meegbear]

4. No boxers or briefs?

:shrug:

[H2O Man]

91. Boxing

can be brief .....

[Marnieworld]

5. I love us. We're so interesting!

:D :grouphug:

[EFerrari]

13. I agree! Interesting as hell. If I were a better cartoonist

I'd do a DU strip.

:loveya:

:toast:

[smoogatz]

157. I love us. We're so boring!

That's what really strikes me about this survey--how much we look like "average" America. We're whiter, older, somewhat more affluent, way more suburban, somewhat better educated, and considerably less religious than the "mainstream" is alleged to be--but what we're not is some kind of loony fringe. We're solidly middle-of-the-road in just about every respect. Which tells you something about how out of whack the media perception of liberals--and the center in American politics--really is.

[ThomCat]

6. Wow. I'm a bit surprised how overwhelmingly white we are.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised, all things considered, but I am.

[datasuspect]

15. overwhelmingly white and suburban

interesting.

whodathunkit?

[Clark2008]

57. And we drive Fords?

I drive a Ford, but, based on the sanctimonious comments from some around here (Note: not everyone who drives a hybrid acts sanctimonious, but some of you do. :) ) I would have assumed Toyota to be the No. 1.

I'm secretly pleased that we drive so many Fords. ;)

[datasuspect]

60. i would have been more pleased had it been chevy

but ford will do.

[Maat]

142. I drive a hybrid ...

and I act sactimonious (HeeHee).

My husband says that the car drives on 'an aura of superiority.' HeeHee. We got that from a very funny article/blog on the web. It fits.

:)

[orleans]

184. (i drive a toyota!) n/t

[loudsue]

145. But not too faithful about going to church!! LOL

There are a bunch of churches out there that are NOT getting rich off DUers.

:kick:

[Strawman]

17. Yeah. That jumped out at me too.

I figured as much but it's still kind of disappointing.

[Solly Mack]

25. I'm not surprised by it

[bling bling]

58. Me either. n/t

[durrrty libby]

30. That surprised me too. I thought we were a much bigger tent

We should do something about that

[ThomCat]

There are times when the prejudices here get way out of hand.

So I would not be surprised if our retention rates for people who are minorities of any kind are low.

[durrrty libby]

51. I must have missed those threads

I see plenty of hate here, but it is aimed at

1)Hillary (gets the most)

2) W comes in a distant second

[HamdenRice]

53. From the tone & content of the discussion of racial issues here, this was pretty obvious

and you are right, it takes a pretty strong stomach to be a person of color here and stick around.

[ThomCat]

63. It takes a pretty strong stomach to be GLBT and stick around

here too sometimes.

Or a woman who is a feminist.

Or an Athiest/Agnositic.

[smoogatz]

138. Atheists/agnostics are 38%--way more than any religious sect,

and more than the total Christians (including Unitarians, Quakers and LDS) combined, which add up to 37.1%. Apparently we just don't make as much noise.

[EFerrari]

176. As a culture, it's not a conversation we know how to have.

And watching the efforts made on DU to learn how to have that conversation gives me a good deal of hope. It is really difficult at times, even depressing. But this community can be flexible and interested and damn, that's a great place to start. :)

[EFerrari]

61. I never realized how fringe I was on DU. But, the age group

will eventually inform the ethnic spread, I think. If that makes sense at all.

And btw, come visit the Latino Forum!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=379









Latino forum: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=379

:hi:

[datasuspect]

67. fringe is the word i was thinking

but the white suburban cultural bias is clearly evident, i'm not surprised.

[EFerrari]

68. Maybe but, what about this: In any group, some folks post

while others tend not to -- they mostly read.

That skews what shows up in our postings. I don't know what to make of that, but from my experience moderating a big list, it seems to be true. :shrug:

[ThomCat]

72. You may be right.

Right now, we seem to have a lot of middle class professionals here, which at this point is disproportionately white in the US. But younger people tend to be more universally online regardless of race/ethinicity, so over time DU might become more mixed.

[Tsiyu]

198. Now I'm hungry

Thanks

:hi:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

86. In fairness, I didn't take the survey.

:hi:

[Evoman]

117. I have a friend who used to lurked at DU, but got pissed of with the racism here.

And he refused to sign up. The anti-latino aspects, and certain racist behaviours, have almost made me leave DU, but I'm not nearly as sensitive as others (it may be because I have lighter skin and haven't faced quite as much racism as my latin brethren?).

[WilliamPitt]

167. Internet activism is dominated by white middle-class folks

who have the money for a computer and internet connection, and the spare time needed to absorb all the available data.

It's good, this online community, but it's a fused loop. The politician who champions programs to place computers and internet connections in the inner cities and rural regions will have gone a long way towards changing the world.

[ellisonz]

178. More diversity would certainly change some of the political discourse.

I was hoping it would be 25%.

We also have a pretty serious generational gap.

Oh well. :(

[rasputin1952]

7. Only 26% of us watch The Simpsons...That can't be right...

unless we spend our Sunday Eves here...:D :hi:

[Posteritatis]

32. And 74% are Democrats! Coincidence? I THINK NOT. *dramatic minor chords*

Clearly, The Simpsons has evolved from a cartoon into a political party of its own right! Comic Book Guy/Apu '08!

:tinfoilhat:

:-)

[hootinholler]

207. The DOH party?

:rofl:

-Hoot

[Minimus]

131. We don't see many movies or rent DVDs

- it has to be because we are spending our time here.

Some threads are better than movies.:popcorn:

[rasputin1952]

137. LOL...this is true...

I can recall a couple of threads that seriously bordered on the bizzare...

Olive Garden...Cornflake Chicken...

[Maestro]

8. Okay a few things are wierd.

First...only 74% are Democrats? I would have thought more, but I suppose there are many third party people here as well too. The more the merrier. Secondly, only 53% watch the Daily Show? Wow, that is a surprise. ;) I love Tanqueray Gin so I totally agree with that tidbit. And wait, only 26% watch the Simpsons. Whoa! That is classic TV with a decidedly left from center bent. Homer needs more love! :rofl:

[Skinner]

10. The second most popular party affiliation is Independent, with 15%. (nt)

[Lance_Boyle]

45. Is that the Independent Party, or 'unaffiliated?'

I cannot imagine 15% of people here as members of the Independent party that includes as part of its mission:

"To identify and reverse legislation, case law, regulations, and treaties, etc., that are unconstitutional or an offense to God and our Founding Fathers."

"To greatly minimize taxes, and to limit the size, power, and function of government to the intended constraints established within the original Constitution and Bill of Rights."

"To preserve and honor our Judeo-Christian heritage, and the rights of all religions."

[Skinner]

139. That's unafilliated. (nt)

[DURHAM D]

56. 15% Independent -

That explains all of the people (on DU) so excited and hopeful about Bloomberg's possibility of beating the Dem President candidate.

[Blue-Jay]

11. Those stats are very telling.

People who watch The Simpsons are not Democrats.

:yoiks:

[poverlay]

20. I do... and am. It troubles me greatly that more of us don't watch them. n/t

[BlooInBloo]

18. It's been on for like a jillion years. I watched the first 15 religiously...

... Am I allowed to ever stop?

[EFerrari]

19. I think some of us love but have burned out on Homer and Jon.

So, we may be supporters but not viewers.

And, btw, WHO IS DRINKING MY GIN?

lol

[ThomCat]

26. There probably a good number of us who don't watch TV.

:)

[Maestro]

95. Actually, I rarely watch either.

But I do try to catch the Simpsons and the Daily Show. :)

[hfojvt]

44. Some of us do not have cable TV or dish

So the Daily show is out. I do not remember what I said about the Simpsons. I used to watch the re-runs every day, but am not sure when the new episodes are on.

[EFerrari]

9. LOL!

:rofl:

Edit to add: Now you can't say that we don't actually DO anything, Skinner. :)

[Solly Mack]

12. Somebody's slacking on the flossing!

tsk tsk

[NeedleCast]

24. I don't floss

I feel it is a republican trait.

[Solly Mack]

29. I'm gonna hafta use that excuse for some things I just don't want to do

my dentist gave me a dental pick and scaler...much better than floss

[Hissyspit]

108. Really! Yuck. n/t

[NeedleCast]

136. I have one of those

Toothbrushes with the little rubber nubby things on them. They're flossy enough for me.

[Hissyspit]

165. Those are gum stimulators. Not flossers.

:7

[Bosso 63]

200. Alright I'll floss!

But just the teeth I plan to keep.

[Solly Mack]

201. teehee

that's all you need to floss :D

[Phredicles]

14. Fun to see where one stacks up

35% are between the ages of 46 and 55 - younger, but not by much
93% voted in 2006 - check
53% watch the Daily Show - check
74% are Democrats - gripingly, but check
48% have a passport - check
26% watch the Simpsons - mostly reruns; the last couple seasons are pretty sad
54% have attended a political rally, speech, or protest in the last year - check
85% have signed a petition in the last year - check
86% have written or called a politician in the last year - check. I think
85% connect to the Internet by cable or DSL - check
Most popular car brand is Ford - partial to Japanese models, I'm afraid
Favorite film genre is comedy - check
Favorite gin is Tanqueray - more of a Diet Dr. Pepper guy
64% floss regularly - uhh, need to work on that one.:blush:

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

16. And The Winner Is........... I DON'T BELIEVE IT!!!!!! Jon Stewart Beats Out Olbermann By A Hair!!

This was fun to go through. Thanks again. :thumbsup:

[SharonRB]

21. This is fascinating, Skinner

I'll have to dig deeper when I have more time.

What I want to know is, how come only 52.3% of DUers watch Countdown?

[mainegreen]

22. Hah! Look at all the computer professionals! To much internet access for us!

Back to work!
No du for you!
:rofl:
I count myself among that group.

[mainegreen]

39. oooh! And we're total beer snobs too! Go DU!

:D

[LeftHander]

50. Good beer....and IT people....go together...

We need to drink heavily to blank our overactive troubleshooting brains (everything is a problem to be solved) and we take the phrase "Life is too short to drink cheap beer." to heart.

having said that....in 2 hours and I will be at the pub shaking hands with a pint.

[bagrman]

140. Must be from Portland.

[smalll]

183. Also, obesity. /nt

[mainegreen]

195. IT people do eat salads. It's not *all* meat pizza!

[LeftishBrit]

28. Interesting...

93% voted in 2006 - No, as not American; but vote in every election I
can.

53% watch the Daily Show - No.
74% are Democrats - No; but would be if American

48% have a passport - Yes

26% watch the Simpsons - Occasionally

54% have attended a political rally, speech, or protest in the last year - Yes

85% have signed a petition in the last year- Yes (quite a few,
actually!)

86% have written or called a politician in the last year - Yes

85% connect to the Internet by cable or DSL- Yes

Most popular car brand is Ford - Don't drive, but Ford is my
favourite as a passenger

Favorite film genre is comedy - I like several genres, but not
too violent, not too kitchy, and not Woody Allen!

Favorite gin is Tanqueray - Don't like gin!

64% floss regularly - Have to work on that! - I do floss but not
really 'regularly'

[marions ghost]

33. Interesting--but not too surprising...

except I don't believe that 64% 'floss regularly'--everybody lies about that. Maybe "floss sporadically," while reading DU? I'd believe that. :)

[lpbk2713]

34. 80% are fascinated by kudzu.

(If recent threads are any indication)

[Midlodemocrat]

35. I have to admit, the car brand thing surprises me.

The Simpsons. Not so much.

[SharonRB]

48. I agree

Ford is at the bottom of my list.

[Kadie]

I am surprised it wasn't Toyota.

:shrug:

[trashcanistanista]

99. Personally, I am a honda woman. n/t.

[tbyg52]

156. Ditto.

I'd still have my '81 wagon if it hadn't gotten to the point that fixing it cost almost as much as a new car. But it got to that point in '99, so that's OK. I still miss it.

[TransitJohn]

36. Only 4.1%

drink the PBR??????? WTF????

[NeedleCast]

37. Any of the DU'ers

who are making $500,000+ living in the D.C. Metro area? We should be friends.

[orleans]

185. (lol--really) n/t

[Robbien]

38. Over six percent of us send out more than two hundred emails a week!

One percent of us sends out a thousand per week.

Where do you guys find the time?

[progressoid]

66. No time to answer your query now, gotta finish an email first.

[Truth2Tell]

160. I'm more impressed by the >1%

who drink tequilla on a nightly basis.

That's hard work.

[JohnLocke]

174. Spammers?

:D :D :D

[Radio_Lady]

40. Wish I could have gotten in on this survey, but we were in Europe and

computer time was so expensive $$$$$$$ we had to limit it.

Thanks for posting the results, Skinner!

[orleans]

186. that's okay--you could answer all the questions now on this thread.

:evilgrin:

[nxylas]

41. What's that little purple sliver...

...on the religion pie chart, between Catholics and Episcopalians? It's not labeled. I was looking for my fellow Orthodox and didn't see them on there, so I was wondering if that was it.

[AX10]

42. Would the 1.2% that make more than 500,000 per year...

wish to reveal themselves?

:D

[Radio_Lady]

54. Riiiiiiggggghhhhtttt! Are you with the IRS?

[BurtWorm]

43. This one's a shocker

http://www.blogreaderproject.com/Blogs/BlogsFolder/democratic-underground/9

[janx]

49. Yeah--

What's with that?

[SharonRB]

52. I was really surprised by that one

From what I read, I thought there were way more cat owners than dog owners, but it's slightly the other way around. I also thought I was in the minority without a pet, but I guess not.

[ProfessorGAC]

69. Dont' Be Surprised Sharon

Pet owners are freaks about their beasties. (I'm one, so i'm free to paint with that broad brush.) So, you will see lots of pet threads because pet people can't wait to talk about pets.
GAC

[SharonRB]

73. I was surprised there were more dog owners than cat owners

because it seems sometimes that everyone around here has cats.

[ProfessorGAC]

78. Well, We're Both

So, maybe i skewed the stats! You can blame me.
GAC

[EFerrari]

101. Both is a minority. Darn, I belong to one more minority!

lol

[orleans]

187. cat owners are more vocal. you know, say it loud and say it proud

MEOW!

(--i'm not a cat owner)

[TZ]

147. Yes considering the amount of kitty pic threads in the Lounge

You would think that cats would be the biggest percentage but its third behind neither and dogs...(and yes I am a cat owner):)

[janx]

46. Oh man,

I didn't know about this and didn't participate! It would not have changed the outcome much, though. ;-)

[janx]

55. I had no idea there were so many DUers around

my age (never gave it much thought I guess).

[ThomCat]

59. It would have been nice to know

what the breakdown of sexual orientations are here at DU. That information was not captured.

[Jamastiene]

149. I looked for that too, but it's not there.

That's odd.

I did notice we are a bunch of old, white, drunk, Ford drivers though. :rofl: :sarcasm:

[progressoid]

62. I lied on all of the questions.

I'm an 80 year old Pacific Islander, high school drop out.
I'm a multimillionaire Republican with 9 foster kids.
As a retired Quaker minister, I still attend services at least three times a week.
I haven't voted since 1942 but did run for king of the world (and lost).
My leisure time is spent watching Carson Daly and Beach Patrol.
I subscribe to Twitter but have no idea what it is.
While I don't drive, I do own a fleet of imported cars. My main mode of transportation is by jet-pack.
I started bloggin in the 70's, but had to stop because of a deviated septum.
Obviously, my favorite movie genre is the foreign horror musical.
Flossing in not applicable since I have no teeth.
I no longer own a cell phone because it killed my pet bees.
Keystone Light is my favorite brand of Tequila which I only drink hourly.

[orleans]

189. oh my god, that was good. but my favorite was

the foreign horror musical

i can almost picture it




(never saw it)

[progressoid]

192. Vive Richard O'Brien!

[KoKo]

65. More DU'ers floss than don't.....

Not many wine drinkers here....

[SharonRB]

70. I was a little surprised at how many of us never attend religious services

66%.

[ProfessorGAC]

71. I'm One Of Them

Last one i was at was my dad's funeral, 6 and a half years ago. Before that, i can't recall.
GAC

[SharonRB]

74. So am I

I typically only go if we have a Bar Mitzvah or something to go to.

[EFerrari]

80. I miss being in such a community but at my age, it seems a little

clumsy to try to figure out how to join the Unitarian Jihad even though I would like to:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/04/08/DDG27BCFLG1.DTL

[EFerrari]

75. I'm a lapsed Catholic -- which means I feel guilty every Sunday.

That should count!

lol

[ProfessorGAC]

82. Count For What?

Admit it. We're slackers.
GAC

[EFerrari]

83. Or, resenters. I resent every year I had to sit through Mass

before I got my Easter basket.

On the other hand, I once wanted to be a nun.

:rofl:

[ProfessorGAC]

85. I Was An Altar Boy At A Cathedral School

Did all the high masses, and stuff. In frosh year of HS, i told my parents (italian family, mind you) i wasn't going to church anymore. The image of a lead balloon should be in your mind, right now.
GAC

[EFerrari]

87. Lol! Oops!

When my mom's family were political refugees in Mexico City, commie pinko nuns kept them in one piece. So, we've got a complicated relation to the Church.

Or, maybe not. I'm grateful to those people who sheltered the family. And owe nothing to the Vatican.

[ProfessorGAC]

90. A Sign Of Wisdom

That's good compartmentalizing. Glad to hear that this good thing happened to your family. Take care.
GAC

[EFerrari]

171. You, too, Professor. It's always good to read you on DU.

:)

[eridani]

180. Me too, but my father talked me out of it

He said that I was used to poverty, and damned well better be used to chastity, but what about that obedience thing? What if Mother Superior was actually wrong? Would you still obey her? I had to admit that being a nun wouldn't really work out for me.

[EFerrari]

181. What about obedience?!

:rofl:

My impression as a child was that these women worked together on all kinds of cool projects. They were the only women I knew who did that. Then, JFK was murdered and I saw them distraught and helpless, an eye opener for a five year old.

So, if I'm not a nun today, blame the BFEE.

[Midlodemocrat]

98. Me, too.

I try to make Mass every week, usually on Saturday nights. I didn't realize how in the minority I was.

[ProfessorGAC]

115. I Must Have Been Unclear

I one of them that never go. Just don't care. Good for you, though.
GAC

On Edit: Braincramp. You were replying to the post above mine. Guess i need new reading glasses!!!

[Midlodemocrat]

125. No. I meant that I was surprised at the numbers.

Religion is such a personal thing, I would never comment on someone's choices.

[janx]

111. I must admit:

I'm not surprised. ;-)

[Warren DeMontague]

188. Never. Never, never, never. If I had that kind of time to waste, I would alphabetize my CDs.

However, I did have more than one quasi-religious experience at a Dead show in my day, so maybe that counts.

[Robbien]

79. Half of us are guys and half of us are gals

who wooda thunk it

Over at Americablog the guys out number the gals two to one.

[Alexander]

81. I find gin disgusting. I must be in the minority.

Ah well, I got used to being on the losing side when I decided I was going to be a Democrat.

[EFerrari]

84. Oh, stop yourself! This joint has a long history of liberalism.

:spank:

:)

[seasat]

89. Me too. It smells like Pinesol.

Now a good southern sour mash whiskey is a pleasure. 90 proof George Dickel is my preference and they didn't even have it in the poll.

[Alexander]

109. I'll take whiskey, scotch, rum and vodka over gin.

I agree about the smell. It makes me gag just whiffing it.

The only gin drinks I can stand are Bloody Marys (where you can't taste it) or heavily iced G&T (if I've already had a lot to drink).

[NNN0LHI]

123. Smells like aftershave to me n/t

[mcscajun]

216. No, you're in the majority. Check the detailed report. Most of us don't drink gin.

But of those who do, most prefer Tanqueray.

I loathe gin; it's Hard Cider, Rum or Wine for me. :) No stats on Hard cider, either.

[supernova]

88. Who drinks more than 20 bottles of wine/month

@ $35/pop!

C'mon, fess up! :rofl:

[EFerrari]

94. Bad shoppers?

:rofl:

[supernova]

106. Either that

or they buy for a restaurant. :D


Geez, we're a bunch of lushes. ;-)

[janx]

107. Maybe we're not lushes...

we just enjoy the heck out of good wine! :rofl:

[EFerrari]

110. Lol! Remember, "lush" means rich, thick and full.

(Oh, never mind. lol )

[supernova]

112. If we keep that vein up

we could have the first ever thread lock with OP by an Admin! :rofl:


Supple, yet inviting. Smokey yet roiling with excitement!

[EFerrari]

113. You just want to get me in trouble!

:rofl:

[supernova]

128. DU Trouble: vintage 2007

Appellation: La terroire libre

Domaine controlle: Chateau Neuf DU

Mise en bouteille au Chateau


imported by: Skinner, Elad, and EarlG, Inc.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

103. They're scared to admit who they are

For fear of a herd of us showing up at their doors expecting them to share. :D

[supernova]

105. Hell, I would!

:rofl:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

114. I love good wine

I can't afford it often, but I'm not shy about begging. *hint* *hint* To all those who can afford it... :D

[supernova]

116. Me too!

I love it better than grain alcohol, which i don't tolerate well.

[mondo joe]

197. Hmmm. We buy 20 bottles a month, but not at $35 a pop.

Our wines range from $12-$20, plus a discount for buying a case.

[Annces]

92. Wow - people make good money here

I wonder if that correlates with not having a lot of Greens here.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

93. The 7% that didn't vote in 2006 are in deep trouble

No excuses, get your bums to the polls!

[Hissyspit]

96. Dang it, I forgot to do the survey. I would have really skewed the results.

:P

[EFerrari]

100. Darn you, Hissyspit!

:rofl:

[proud patriot]

97. Only 26% percent watch the Simpsons

:( I feel a little lonely

[EFerrari]

104. I used to watch The Simpsons. So I 'm just keeping you company

in a different time warp.

:)

[Massacure]

148. I watch the simpsons.

I'm part of the one percent that is less than 21 years old though. :(

[Hissyspit]

102. Oh, cool. If you click on the pie charts, you can rotate them. n/t

[LSK]

118. wow, quite a few do not drink alcohol

I thought I was a rare minority in that.

[sellitman]

163. If you can live through 8 years of * and not drink.....

Naw.....couldn't happen.

I don't believe it.

[CabalPowered]

119. Microbrew drinking, Toyota driving, non-flossers check in here.

There's more of us than I thought.

:bounce:

[fishnfla]

120. NEW DU GROUP proposal: Misfits

:hides:

[Radical Activist]

121. 30% shopped at Walmart in the last month?!

What the hell is wrong with people! I thought this group payed attention!

[TwilightZone]

143. Some people don't have any choice.

In some smaller towns in the Midwest and the South (and elsewhere, I'm sure), Wal-Mart's pretty much the only game in town.

[Radical Activist]

202. I realize that

but another part of the survey tells us that less than 30% live in those areas.

[Siyahamba]

122. I'm surprised at the age demographic

I'm in the 21-34 category and I usually feel very old on the Internet.

[EFerrari]

124. I was, too, initially.

:)

[Crewleader]

126. I missed this Skinner

but I am very happy to see 46-55 where I belong is the most DUers here, makes us special or not. :D

[BlueIris]

127. So, in other words, we're technology-loving smarty-pants

with questionable taste. I mean, I think it's great that most of us floss, but..."The Simpsons"? Is crap.

[EFerrari]

130. You forgot gin blossoms.

:hi:

[KoKo]

152. I read the survey that most DU'ers don't DRINK GIN or anything else...

:eyes: ...thought it odd...the "What do you Drink" results...

[EFerrari]

168. Wait till we get to the blood test.

:party:

[Minimus]

129. I would love to see how we compare to other blogs - especially the freepers education pie chart

[Generic Brad]

132. I fit into 11 out of 14 categories!

Yipes. I'm not sure if I should be feeling violated or flattered.

[annabanana]

133. Hey! That's fun!. . . BOY are we an edumacated group!

dangerdangerdanger
smart people with wit & gin

[smoogatz]

134. Wow. We're really middle-aged, white, suburban, middle-class and secular.

What a bunch of far-left lunatic whackos!

[blondeatlast]

164. But precious few Volvos to be seen... nt

[SammyWinstonJack]

135. Gin is nasty!

:puke:

[mcscajun]

217. And from the details, most of us think so.

:)

[dogday]

141. Please say it ain't so, we drive Fords?

Never will I own another Ford...

[frazzled]

144. The distributions ...

for gender, age, income, etc., all look pretty much as one might expected: a real range. It's the overwhelming whiteness that is surprising. I always suspected we're not all that representative. But it's more marked than I would have thought. We're not just nonrepresentative of, say, the Democratic Party but even the country as a whole. Keep that in mind any time we do an internal poll. It may tell us something about DU, but it probably isn't saying much about the nation as a whole. That would be especially true for polls of primary preferences, because primary voters have much larger blocks of minority voters.

[Deep13]

146. Eew! 36% don't floss!

Actually, the graphs I looked at make the group as a whole look pretty well-heeled. That is actually what one would expect for politically active people. For whatever reason, the poor are not involved in the community and often don't vote. That also explains the racial bias. The internet is still a somewhat expensive and nerdy thing to do and whites are disproportionately represented in that group. I did notice that whatever our religions nominally, we are overwhelmingly secular in practice.

[KoKo]

158. Dental Floss Companies would get GOOD PLAY for ads here on DU...if one is looking for $$$$'[s

Obviously..DU'ers care more about "flossing" and keeping their teeth than "socializing" in BARS or having wine with dinner...

But, then, the survey seemed to show DU'ers as kind of isolated....anyway. Maybe there's NOTHING this GROUP would buy. Most are not religious and DU skews older which means cynicism...

:shrug:

[TahitiNut]

150. That site has locked up my system 3 times now, rebooting every time.

SeaMonkey 1.0.7 (Mozilla) with Shockwave Flash 9.0 r28.

[KoKo]

151. DU isn't going to get any Liquor or Beer Ads...from this survey...anyway ...but try to get those

"WINO's" to give some $$$$$$$$'s because inspite of that survey I think there are lots of Wine Drinkers here on DU...and Beer Drinkers... but then I tried to take that survey and it kept throwing me off...so I'm not represented on it.... Don't know what it was but I filled it out TWICE and when I hit "SUBMIT" it wouldn't take my replies. I backtracked to make sure I filled in every box...but it still through me off...so I gave up. I post here alot...like others...and I wonder if anyone else had a problem with NOT being counted on that survey? :shrug:

[KoKo]

154. The Questions about Alcohol Use and Religion from Marketing Survey Standards

were "odd." It seemed that the "Booze Industry" funded the study ..along with "National Council of Churches" and the "flossing" question meant that was a "marker" for "Health Conscience of Du'ERS.

So it would seem that this was a survey of a few companies to get the "drift" of what DU'ers are buying and using.

No QUESTIONS about Pet Health or Organics in the questions.

If I was marketing DU...I'd go for Organic, Med/Dental, Herbal/Wellness and NETFLEX as targets to look for BIG BUCKS ADVERTISERS!

:shrug: Just my view ...on this..for the 2 Cents.

[Lex]

155. You mean we aren't all latte-swilling, Volvo-driving, elites?

Say it ain't so.

[smoogatz]

159. Why do I suspect that the distillery industry may have had a hand

in producing this poll? What's with all the liquor questions? I think we've been focus grouped.

[EFerrari]

172. I feel so dirty now.

[Coexist]

161. 25.1% Sam Adams

Nice.

[sellitman]

162. 27% Love Guinness?

That does it Skinner.....We need a "Perfect Pint" Forum.
I knew it!

[burythehatchet]

166. DOGS WIN!! DOGS WIN!! DOGS WIN!!

[eridani]

169. Presumably the 7% who didn't vote in our elections--

--either were unlucky enough to have a felony conviction in their state of residence, or they voted in the countries where they happen to be citizens instead.

[EFerrari]

170. There seem to be a lot of expat DUers and also DUers

who are citizens of other countries. It's cool to get their perspective. :)

[JI7]

173. or they have not turned 18 yet

[mod mom]

175. Is there really a whiskey called Michael Collins?

[Swamp Rat]

177. I'll go floss now

[EFerrari]

179. . . .

:rofl:

[DemBones DemBones]

182. What % didn't participate in the survey?

Just asking. . .

[Control-Z]

190. What survey? n/t

[Control-Z]

191. Well, I didn't know about the survey,

but, in reading the results, I have learned that I am so average (here on DU) it is scary. This has never happened in my entire life. Of course, there were no feminist, "choice" or women's issues to put me way out in left field where I belong. At least I know (at least I'm pretty sure) it wouldn't have put me out in right field, and for that I am truly grateful!!

[xultar]

193. FORD!?!?!?! FORD SUCKS big sweaty donkey balls.

[Pacifist Patriot]

194. That surprised the hell out of me.

[a kennedy]

199. I know.....what's up with that???

Although Matt Kenseth drives a ford for nascar.....and I only care because he's from Wisconsin, and from the town I used to live in but I would NEVER drive a ford. (Found On Road Dead)

[Tsiyu]

196. That's it!!!!! I'm LEAVING DU!!!111!!!!

Ford? :grr:

What the HELL?


:wtf:

[theboss]

203. While nearly 50 percent of Democratic Primary voters are black, only 2 percent of DUers are black

I've always suspected that this is why our discussions about the party so rarely reflect reality.

[EFerrari]

204. I didn't know that, theboss. Could you say more about how

you see our discussions being out of touch?

[theboss]

205. The issues on this board are not reflective of the issues of the majority of the party

I can think of no better example than the religion threads. The majority group on this site (according to that poll) are atheists. Non-practicing believers are second.

However, again, blacks and Hispanics make up the majority of our primary voters in a lot of states. And those are two groups who are religious in rates higher than the population at large. So, the innumerable threads about the stupidity of religious people are actually an attack on our core constituencies. That's a disconnect, would you not say?

Also, the poll indicates that this site is made up of a large number of white suburbanites. The Party - as any voting analysis can show - is essentially an urban party at this point. I don't think that is as great a disconnect as the religion issue but it is interesting. And, again, it would probably reflect a failure to understand the issues of urbanites, particularly urban minorities (who are absolutely essential to Democratic electoral success at this point).

These are not complete thoughts, but I do think there is a disconnect when a website of white suburbanites discuss the issues of what is - by and large - an urban, multi-cultural party.

What is really interesting is that I imagine our demographics are probably not THAT far removed from Free Republic. I imagine everything is within five percent.

[EFerrari]

206. Thank you. I understand better now.

I have a question in my mind, though, about people who respond to polls and about people who are more likely to post OPs. Those are wild cards in evaluating DU as a group, imho.

But, I agree about us urban minority types being essential to winning elections -- and suspect that that's why the Thuggery targets us for voter suppression and election fraud.

[theboss]

209. Obviously, this is not scientific

But you would think that a site featuring Democrats would have more than 2% particpation amongst blacks regardless of the response level.

Urban minorities are absolutely essential for Democrats to win elections. Every few years, a Republican strategist will release a chart showing how gaining as little as an extra five percent of the black vote will sway election results. And everyone in the Republican Party agrees and tries to do some outreach. And then they say that America would have been better off with Strom Thurmond as President and everything collapses.

So, instead of gaining 5 percent they try to suppress 5 percent. It's all the same to them.

[mondo joe]

210. I think this raises the question of who is "the base".

I expect most DU posters think WE are the base. But if we're not representative of the primary voters, are we?

[theboss]

212. I find it hard to imagine that white, atheist suburbanites are the base of the Party

To be totally honest, the very fact that the numbers indicate that 52 percent of the site is white males shows me that this site is not the base of the Party. Bush won 60 percent of the white male vote in 2000 and 62 percent in 2004. As a white male, I recognize that I am not the typical Democratic voter. This site being majority white male indicates that it is not made up of typical Democratic voters.

I believe that DU does represent a large portion of the activists of the Party though.

I wish there had been a question about union membership. That would have been extremely interesting.

[mondo joe]

215. Oh I'm not suggesting they/we are. I'm posing a question - or starting to.

I think DUers, at least sometimes, consider us "the base" and expect elected to Dems to be responsive to us because of that.

But since we look so different from the primary voters, it puts who they need to please in a very different light.

[EFerrari]

211. I'm in your back pocket, theboss. n/t

[theboss]

213. I don't know what that means, but I hope it is good.

I got nothin'.

[EFerrari]

214. What I meant was, I think you are right and it's not nothing

if we keep checking in with each other. That's how we make "something". :)