Qwiss! wrote:
Coombs wrote:
The idea that political ideology or even political values has a direct correlation to economic conditions is also flawed. Being poor doesn't necessarily push you to the left or the right, and the unemployment rate seems even further removed.
I wonder how that varies from country to country. Here there is a clear correlation between class and how people vote.
Is there really that clear a correlation?
I would say it's more complex than class, which is just one of many determining factors.
Take Cork South Central for example - it is as middle class (upper in many areas) as you're going to get and the SF candidate obliterated the opposition in the last election.
I was at the count centre, saw the ballots from the most exclusive of areas and he was getting twice the votes of the nearest contender, Coveney.
Rural urban differences influence how people vote, age is a big factor, as are beliefs around the competence of parties and individuals to deliver.
Since the fall of FF after the financial crisis there is a cohort of traditional FF or FF leaning voters who float in some kind of protest vote stream.
