Over in the 'bias' thread there has been some discussion on whether the media is biased due to the fact that journalists have taken it upon themselves to slant the news to their personal leanings (or the leanings of the ownership of the media outlet), or the fact that various outside factors such as the need to increase ratings and profits, please advertisers and court Wall Street, and others is what is causing the media to skew one way or another.
I personally believe it is the latter - because there is an obvious 'left' majority in America, the media has turned into a mirror of that demographic...
Are the majority of Americans left and will this trend continue and is conservatism an endangered species?
Yes, yes, and yes.
To start - quoting Mr Shag's source, Michael Barone, "The pollsters I know, both Republican and Democratic, are continually questioning their own procedures and are trying to adjust them to reflect changes in the workings of society. Polls, they all concede, are imperfect instruments, to be read with some caution."
So, if polls are biased - let's throw them out and deal just with numbers, because that is all we have left.
You can't then use anything other than registered voters - even though as the honarable Shag states there is some fictional 'operation chaos', they are the only concrete numbers we have to work with, since you may say most of the polls are biased towards the left, and I say the remaining polls are biased toward the right.
Registered voter numbers in the United States - 42 Million Democrats, 31 Million Republicans in the states that register by party affiliation.
More liberals to start out.
Since there are more liberals there will be more exposure to liberal thoughts and ideals. Constant exposure has a tendency to alter one's perception of reality - the left will acquire more members due to this form of subtle brain washing.
Because of their number advantage, it also means more liberals in the gene pool. It is more likely that liberals will find a mate within their own group, and in fact, some conservatives may find themselves looking at liberals as possible mates, because as Shag so succinctly stated that youth has a tendency to be liberal, while conservatives are often older.
Within these 'mixed matings' there will be a higher probability that their offspring will become liberal, with the continued bombardment of leftist ideals from the outside world and one parental unit also espousing the identical doctrine.
Of course, children of two liberal parents will remain tied to the liberal fold, while, within the dwindling conservative pairings, the natural attrition of liberal media exposure will be continuing, further reducing their numbers, and the chances for additional conservative/conservative households.
Because of their older demographic, the conservatives will also be dying off at a faster pace, leaving fewer and fewer of them to fight the conservative fight, and they will also be going to bed earlier, leaving the 8 pm to midnight time frame vulnerable to liberal attacks.
As you can see, within a very short time the conservative will be an endangered species. Sadly, eventually the only place where you might get to see a conservative would be in special preserves. Here they could be viewed (from the safety of specially designed Tour Priuses) in their natural habitats, Ann Taylor stores, piano bars, wood lined boardrooms, cigar bars where cigars are actually smoked (what a waste of a good cigar...).
I fear that the conservatives' days are truly numbered, and unless something radical is done, breeding programs, protected habitat, affirmative action, we will be hearing the last Rush Limbaugh show in the very near future. The end of an era.
Obviously a fund needs to be set up, perhaps with matching federal grants.
And even more apparently I am getting bored about writing about nuts and bolts at work, and occasionally need to flex my writing chops... This debate has gotten extremely serious over in the bias thread - I felt that perhaps we could all laugh at ourselves a little...
I personally believe it is the latter - because there is an obvious 'left' majority in America, the media has turned into a mirror of that demographic...
Are the majority of Americans left and will this trend continue and is conservatism an endangered species?
Yes, yes, and yes.
To start - quoting Mr Shag's source, Michael Barone, "The pollsters I know, both Republican and Democratic, are continually questioning their own procedures and are trying to adjust them to reflect changes in the workings of society. Polls, they all concede, are imperfect instruments, to be read with some caution."
So, if polls are biased - let's throw them out and deal just with numbers, because that is all we have left.
You can't then use anything other than registered voters - even though as the honarable Shag states there is some fictional 'operation chaos', they are the only concrete numbers we have to work with, since you may say most of the polls are biased towards the left, and I say the remaining polls are biased toward the right.
Registered voter numbers in the United States - 42 Million Democrats, 31 Million Republicans in the states that register by party affiliation.
More liberals to start out.
Since there are more liberals there will be more exposure to liberal thoughts and ideals. Constant exposure has a tendency to alter one's perception of reality - the left will acquire more members due to this form of subtle brain washing.
Because of their number advantage, it also means more liberals in the gene pool. It is more likely that liberals will find a mate within their own group, and in fact, some conservatives may find themselves looking at liberals as possible mates, because as Shag so succinctly stated that youth has a tendency to be liberal, while conservatives are often older.
Conservative women will be drawn to the younger, more viral liberal mate than the older, less potent conservative options. And often the other side of the coin can be played here as well. Conservative men are usually the ones with the means to look for a 'trophy wife'. With the few younger, conservative women looking more at the liberal mating stock, conservative men will also find that the selection of women who are blond, young, surgically enhanced and willing to overlook old age for a Rodeo Drive lifestyle and large inheritances is greater within the liberal group,
Within these 'mixed matings' there will be a higher probability that their offspring will become liberal, with the continued bombardment of leftist ideals from the outside world and one parental unit also espousing the identical doctrine.
Of course, children of two liberal parents will remain tied to the liberal fold, while, within the dwindling conservative pairings, the natural attrition of liberal media exposure will be continuing, further reducing their numbers, and the chances for additional conservative/conservative households.
Because of their older demographic, the conservatives will also be dying off at a faster pace, leaving fewer and fewer of them to fight the conservative fight, and they will also be going to bed earlier, leaving the 8 pm to midnight time frame vulnerable to liberal attacks.
As you can see, within a very short time the conservative will be an endangered species. Sadly, eventually the only place where you might get to see a conservative would be in special preserves. Here they could be viewed (from the safety of specially designed Tour Priuses) in their natural habitats, Ann Taylor stores, piano bars, wood lined boardrooms, cigar bars where cigars are actually smoked (what a waste of a good cigar...).
I fear that the conservatives' days are truly numbered, and unless something radical is done, breeding programs, protected habitat, affirmative action, we will be hearing the last Rush Limbaugh show in the very near future. The end of an era.
Obviously a fund needs to be set up, perhaps with matching federal grants.
And even more apparently I am getting bored about writing about nuts and bolts at work, and occasionally need to flex my writing chops... This debate has gotten extremely serious over in the bias thread - I felt that perhaps we could all laugh at ourselves a little...
