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Gallup Poll Finds Democrats More Compassionate; Republicans More Uncaring

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LOL, just read this. I think the numbers say everything. It's a "I got mine, you get your own" mentality.. and a "We don't give a flying f**k about others that just screams in this article.

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Gallup headlined on 28 January 2014, "Democrats and Republicans Differ on Top Priorities," and reported that the biggest difference between supporters of the two Parties concerned "The environment," where 71% of Democrats said it's important to them, versus only 32% of Republicans who did: a whopping difference of 39%, between the two Parties, considered that issue to be important. The second-biggest difference was on "The distribution of income and wealth": 72% of Democrats, versus only 38% of Republicans - a 34% difference. Third came "Poverty and homelessness": 82% of Democrats, versus 53% of Republicans - a 29% difference. Fourth came "Education": 91% of Democrats, versus 70% of Republicans - a 21% difference.

Here were the four issues on the conservative end, the four issues where Republicans scored the largest amount higher (more concerned) than Democrats: First, "The military and national defense": 76% of Republicans, versus 61% of Democrats - a 15% difference - considered that issue to be important. Second, "Taxes": 69% of Republicans, versus 56% of Democrats - a 13% difference. Third, "Terrorism": 77% of Republicans, versus 68% of Democrats - a 9% difference. Fourth, "Government surveillance of U.S. citizens": 45% of Republicans, versus 37% of Democrats - an 8% difference (but if the President had been a Republican, Democrats might have been more concerned about that issue than Republicans would have been).

Clearly, selfish fears swept concerns on the Republican side, whereas concerns for others (and especially the weak) swept concerns on the Democratic side.

One can therefore reasonably infer from this survey that the main difference between Democrats and Republicans is the difference between compassion versus psychopathy.

If these findings are accurate, then one will expect that in political primary elections, where candidates make their appeals to members of their own Party, Democratic candidates will compete with one another mainly on the basis of their proposals for improving things for everyone but especially for the most vulnerable; whereas Republican candidates will compete with one another mainly on the basis of their proposals for improving things for their individual voters. And, in the general election, one will expect that the Democratic nominee will have been chosen on the basis of his concern for everyone, while the Republican nominee will have been chosen on the basis of his concern for Republicans.

Link to the Gallup Poll

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Link to News Article
 
rudeguy said:
I don't care.
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This.

But you, as the author of this thread - defining what is "caring/compassionate" and "uncaring" is rather hilarious.

Oh really? I don't want to give money directly to hobo's on the street? Well damn man, I must be an uncaring piece of shit that wants people to fall over and die. Nevermind donating monthly to charities that are centered on feeding the homeless, that doesn't matter.

Your lack of cognitive reasoning is.... disturbing.
 
So we have an idea of what people think about a few issues, how do they act? It's easy to say I'm oh so concerned about the poor in America, but the follow up question should be "what have you done about it". I suspect that the answer will be pretty much the same for both groups. It's easy to shoot off your mouth, it's easy to portray yourself as the good guy, it's easy to pay lip service to all sorts of lofty ideals. It all changes when it's time to write a check, or commit some actual time and effort to the cause. Saying "I believe" and doing nothing nets the exact same result as doing nothing.
 
I am shocked, shocked I tell you that Republicans and Democrats have different views. This is big news to me. Huge.
 
Democrats tend to care for other people only when it is not their own personal money helping those people.

It's always easier to be generous when you believe other people's money are yours to distribute as you see fit.


And the other question is, does their "compassion" actually become "action"? I know some people who act on their passions towards strangers. I know a lot of people who do not. They are compassionate only so far as they want other people to be the ones to take action.

And then the final question, does the "compassion" actually translate into "help"?
 
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Sea Ray said:
Did that article mention that conservatives give more to charity?

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html
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That is the main difference between liberals and conservatives.

Liberals believe the collective wealth of the nation is theirs to control. Help towards others comes from voting for government-of-the-people redistribution. Liberals believe they have free reign over other people's wealth.

Conservatives believe the wealth of the nation belongs to the people who own the wealth. Help towards others then comes from individuals choosing to be generous. Conservatives believe they do not have free reign over other people's wealth.

It's not an "I have mine so fuck you" attitude, it's more a "Other people's money is not mine for the taking" attitude.
 
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Liberals love to think they're more compassionate than conservatives...but when it comes to actually donating their personal money and time...then, not so much.

It's a "I got mine, you get your own" mentality for sure.
 
Clearly they polled the same person over and over again.

Seriously though, the country is getting more liberal.

And, to be honest with you, conservatism has been hijacked and taken over by opportunistic scum that try to drive fear into regular hard working people, making them think they will be taken advantage by hordes of immigrants, homosexuals and people who just want free stuff; http://www.politico.com/blogs/media...establishment-is-now-the-minority-148705.html

Conservatives believe in minding your own business and what happens in your house is your own problem. Political conservatives (the ones who again hijacked the image) have laid down a thick layer of good old fashioned fear and then fail in addressing said fear - because it never fucking existed.

So, people have finally started to abandon the fear and are working with reality.

Liberal aren't perfect; they are flakes. But, they don't instill fear and spread lies.
 
By "uncaring" you really meant "wanting to keep their cake," and by "compassionate" you really meant "wanting to eat someone else's cake." Liberal speak 101.
 
Zorba said:
It would be interesting to see if that held true if religious donations were removed. But based on my life experiences, I tend to agree that liberals talk more about helping the poor/kids, etc but conservatives actually give/do more to help. But then again, I know a lot more conservatives too.
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Why should church giving be considered a different category? Seems to me it's all charitable. My daughter worked at my church this past weekend feeding homeless folks. Churches do that sort of thing
 
K1052 said:
If that includes tithing (pretty sure it does) then a conversation about what constitutes "charitable" giving should be had.
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Most churches do a lot to help people, help the communities. If you want to have a conversation about religion, let's talk about the churches that operate shelters for the homeless in the winter. Programs to cloth and feed the homeless. Let's talk about Catholic Charities. Or churches that provide comfort and company for the elderly, pastors who donate their time to be by the side of those near-death.

There is far more to religion than relationships with alter-boys. Religions and churches are far from perfect, but they do a helluva lot to directly provide to others in need.
 
Yep, thank heaven for liberal compassion else we might have even more ghettoes, inner city violence, failing school systems, and social pathology.
 
glenn1 said:
Yep, thank heaven for liberal compassion else we might have even more ghettoes, inner city violence, failing school systems, and social pathology.
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Where else are we going to get our army and hordes to over throw the good old boys of America?

Barry thought he could train the Middle East folks to do it,... damn community leader forgot his community (the ghettos and inner city you speak of). Serves him right to have this blow up in his face!
 
Doc Savage Fan said:
Liberals love to think they're more compassionate than conservatives...but when it comes to actually donating their personal money and time...then, not so much.

It's a "I got mine, you get your own" mentality for sure.
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I know it's purely anecdotal, but based on the comments I read on the internet and the people I know in real life, I don't think too many conservatives donate much of their personal time and/or money to charitable causes.
It's hard to believe that they're voluntarily helping the same people that they claim are the cause of much of country
 
It's really pointless to argue compassion where politics are concerned because it all depends on your perspective. Liberals I know pat themselves on the back for being compassionate to women by supporting their right to abortion but conservatives see their side as being compassionate to the unborn. Is it compassionate to give womem free bc pills or is it compassionate to the rest of the country to not make them pay for it as conservatives would argue.
 
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