Do you think the average Democratic voter is similar to the average DUer?

[kentuck]

If so, then I would have to think our Party is very divided at this time.

But, I'm not sure that is the case.

Although very few Democrats here think alike on every issue, DU may be a good cross-section of Democratic voters across the nation.

About the only thing we can agree upon is the stupidity and evilness of those gritter-jawed, creel- footed, snuff-eating, oogle-eyed, knuckle-dragging idiots that call themselves Republicans... :-)

[RKP5637]

1. IMO the average DUer is better informed than the average Democratic voter. n/t

[ixion]

2. hmmm... what's an 'average' DU'er?

we come in all shapes and sizes. :)

[kentuck]

5. The average is somewhere in the middle...

:-)

[valerief]

35. The middle of what?

:shrug:

[kentuck]

36. The middle of wherever you might happen to be...

There's a ying and yang to everything.

And a middle.

Even on DU.

[Angry Dragon]

38. You put the OP out there, you used the term average DU'er

The poster asked you what your definition of an average DU'er was.
Usually you are better than your above answer.
My feeling is if you can not define the usage then you have no business using the term

Examples:

We have to save the job creators
We have to protect the middle class
We have to help small business

[kentuck]

39. Maybe George Carlin can better explain it to you...

“Just think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are even stupider!”

By the way, who made you the fucking sheriff??

[Angry Dragon]

41. I am so sorry that you have trouble explaining terms that

you use in your OPs.

[ZombieHorde]

3. The average DUer is probably more likely to have a computer addiction than other Democrats.

;)

[Arctic Dave]

4. The DU is part of Lake Wobegon. We are above average.

I should also assume you are good looking?

[notadmblnd]

6. No, they're not as informed

Even local Democratic official I have met and spoken to, have no idea what happens beyond what MSM tells them

[Bluebear]

7. No they're not as forgiving

[inna]

8. Yes, I do (even though there is no such thing as an "average DUer").

It is, as you said, a good cross-section of Democratic voters across the nation; and in that is its strength and its weakness.

[mod mom]

9. Less informed but also angry

[SidDithers]

10. Not a chance...

Obama has a ~75% job approval among Democrats (Gallup). At DU, his job disapproval was at 70%.

DU is an interesting discussion site, but is in no way, shape or form representative of Democrats in the real world.

Sid

[kentuck]

11. You put a lot of faith in polls?

Do you?

[SidDithers]

13. DU'ers crow about Gallup when it shows Obama's job approval at 38% nationally...

I'm just trying to use the same data.

Sid

[kentuck]

14. I must have missed that one?

Got a link?

[Renew Deal]

12. They're not

I know average Dems and DU scares them. They consider it too negative.

[Historic NY]

19. Too many dreamers that think they have all the answers would be what I've heard.

[Lyric]

20. I know LOTS of average Dems here in coal country

and the positions espoused on DU don't scare them. Take away the buzzwords and loaded language and they agree with the vast majority of the positions dismissed as "fringe left" by certain...factions...here.

Funny, that.

[Renew Deal]

24. Maybe, but that's not what we're talking about.

:shrug:

[Union Scribe]

31. Lol, yeah that's the message a mod should be sending.

[Number23]

37. DU scares alot more than just "average Dems"

[Union Scribe]

42. Some people frighten too easily.

[dionysus]

15. no, not at all. most voters are not the hardcore political junkies DUers are. you won't see

mass amounts of dems giving a shit about a speech being rescheduled.

[Union Scribe]

33. But most of them still read headlines.

And twice in a week those have said something along the lines of "Obama bows to GOP pressure/demands".

It doesn't matter if you think that's unfair or wrong, that's the message the WH is allowing voters to see.

[Imajika]

16. Not even close...

The average DUer is a political partisan who cares enough about politics to spend time on forums discussing, arguing and commiserating with one another. The average Democratic voter does not pay near as much attention, does not really know or understand in much detail most of the issues of the day, and while many count themselves as Democrats (and even reliably vote the straight Democratic ticket every election cycle) they only really pay attention near election time. This is actually true of right wingers too. The partisans hang out on forums, the majority of them count themselves as conservative but don't pay near as much attention.

And actually we DUers agree on far more than we disagree. 95-99% of us will vote for President Obama despite all the complaining, and the vast majority of us show up for each election and vote Democratic for every office.

We may fight over all sorts of issues, but we all vote the same and provide one another a really great community and tons of information.

[RKP5637]

21. +100, n/t

[ingac70]

17. Not in the slightest. n/t

[gateley]

18. No - they don't pay attention. At least the Dems I know, at least.

[Creideiki]

22. I know two types.

The ones that don't pay much attention are still pro-Democrat. The ones that are watching what's happening are pissed. Probably a bunch will recoil in horror at the Repuke, but most will stay un-engaged or go third party in protest.

[Crazy Dave]

23. If Obama continues to let the jobless Americans fail rather than the too big to fail corporations...

He will fail at getting re-elected and even us "average" DU'ers can figure that out.

[Unvanguard]

25. Not even remotely.

And sometimes in good ways, e.g. we're quite rightly required by the rules here to support same-sex marriage, but plenty of Democrats don't. And how many DUers are there against reproductive choice?

[ClassWarrior]

26. Nope. We're not really this divided. We don't have trolls in real life.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=433&topic_id=761631&mesg_id=761631

NGU.

[MrScorpio]

27. DUers are political junkies by nature

Quite a few take their own areas of interest much too seriously. Many are unable to see a point of view other than their own and are willing to be argumentative about that fact for their own sake. It's easy to say that a lot of people here don't play well with others and take too offense far too easily.

The necessary cooperative nature of politics is viewed by a sizable number of DUers as nothing more than weakness.

Blind anger is all too common.

The reason that this so is that these are a lot of qualities that we hate to see in the Right Wing. It's a mirrored reaction. Many a DUer has become what they've hated the most because they are far too caught up the brinksmanship of nation politics.

Most people who call themselves Democrats have not invested as much time and effort in staying on top of every single political happenstance that comes down the pike as have DUers. They actually have lives.

So, the answer is No.

[Davis_X_Machina]

28. Average DU'er:Henry Wallace::Average Democrat:Harry Truman

We are almost completely irrelevant.

[Ellipsis]

29. The average DUer, or the average DUer who posts all the time?

[kentuck]

30. If you think it is hard to find an "average DUer"....

Imagine how difficult it would be to find an "average" Democrat or an "average" American...

[Renew Deal]

32. All DUers are "above average."

:D

[Kennah]

34. Hard to say

If the average DUer is smarter than the average Democrat, then the average Freeper should be crazier than the average Republican.

I have such difficulty distinguishing between the various shades of crazy on the Reich.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

40. With about half a dozen exceptions everyone I work with is a Democrat

and most people here would make them out to be to the right of Rick Perry.

Most Democrats are not hysterical poutragers who demand unquestioning party compliance with whatever their given esoteric issue is.

[SidDithers]

44. Well said...nt

Sid

[mmonk]

43. I find it to be so.