This is what the average

artappraiser — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 05:12:07 +0000

In reply to 'Where's the blue wave?' Voter data show Florida Democrats aren't surging

This is what the average American looks like in 2018

By Phillip Bump @ WashingtonPost.com, Aug. 13

America is the most diverse country in the world: diverse racially and ethnically, diverse geographically, diverse economically. Across the 2,680 miles that the Lower 48 states span are hundreds of millions of people living in every imaginable type of home, holding nearly every conceivable political position.

It made us wonder: What does the average American look like?

To answer that question, we dipped into Census Bureau data and recent polling to get a sense of what that American looks like, where he or she lives, and what he or she believes.

Well: she. [....]

We quickly hit a stumbling block, though. Once you start going down various branches of the American population, the majorities shift. Most Americans are women and most Americans are white, but are most women white? As it happens, yes, but as we proceed, we will at times explore what our theoretical average American does or believes as opposed to what an American overall believes on average. In other words: At times, the difference between what an American white woman thinks and what an American overall thinks might diverge [....]

He lists a lot more. But it's a trick article. He concludes none of that stuff matters BECAUSE

She probably won’t vote. Most Americans don’t vote in midterms. While our average American is in groups that are more likely to vote — white, older, better-educated — it’s still unlikely. The U.S. Elections Project looked at Census Bureau data to determine that 41 percent of non-Hispanic whites voted in 2014, as did 42.6 percent of those ages 45 to 59 and 41.4 percent of those with a bachelor’s degree.

Our average American’s views on politics probably won’t be heard in November.

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