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Politics-Time is just around the corner, as the Dem’s battle to take back the House & Senate. But here is one interesting take on who is voting for who based on income:
From the Washington Times:

“$23,700. That is the household income level at which a white person became more likely to vote for a Republican over a Democrat in congressional races in 2004,” Anne Kim, Adam Solomon and Jim Kessler write in the Democratic Strategist (www.thedemocraticstrategist.org).
“That’s $5,000 above the poverty line for a family of four, less than half the median income of the typical voting household of all races, and an emphatic repudiation of all things Democratic among the white middle class. Obtaining a sustainable Democratic majority in either house will be impossible unless there is a significant change in this economic tipping point,” the writers said.
“To solve this problem, Democrats must first realize that they have a problem — no, actually a crisis — with the middle class. Democrats — the self-described party of the middle class — have not won the middle-class vote in at least a decade. Among all voters with $30,000 to $75,000 in household income, Bush bested Kerry by 6 points and congressional Republicans won by 4 points. …
“The second step is to admit that our deficit is as much due to economic disconnects as cultural and national security disconnects. That may be harder for Democrats to swallow. Many believe the middle class have been duped by a what’s-the-matter-with-Kansas scheme in which clever conservatives trick the beleaguered middle class to vote against their own economic interests through the use of irresistible cultural wedge issues and national security concerns.”