Josh: Political-science research shows "ethnocentric white voters" tend to look negatively at government programs for the poor, but they are disproportionately likely to favor programs aimed at the elderly. Relatedly, a lot of white voters were happy to vote Democratic when they saw big government as serving the interests of their own ethnic group but shifted to the Republicans when they started to see government as working to help mostly others. Here are the racial voting patterns from Roper Public Opinion at Cornell:
| 2012 | Group | Obama | Romney | ||
| All Voters | Pct. | 51.00% | 47.00% | ||
| SEX | Men | 47 | 45 | 52 | |
| Women | 53 | 55 | 44 | ||
| RACE | White | 72 | 39 | 59 | |
| African-American | 13 | 93 | 6 | ||
| Hispanic | 10 | 71 | 27 | ||
And we see that whites had the most diverse voting pattern, which makes Josh full of crap.
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