“You wouldn’t know this if you followed the mainstream media depiction of politics as an essentially cultural battle rather than an economic one, but it turns out that people mostly vote their economic interest:”

The Map Scroll: Income and the 2008 US Election

Pretty interesting, if not unexpected, post about voting tendencies and income. Having grown up in a economically impoverished small town in rural Kentucky I’ve always felt that too many issues are attributed to race rather than economic standing. While its true that violence and to some degree crime is less of a threat there, education, job opportunities, healthcare, housing, and many other standard of living measures are just as bad or worse than inner cities which garner more attention, though admittedly that makes little difference.