Who votes for the Democratic Party?

Who votes for the Democratic Party?

Matthew Jones (Political Science Instructor) gives expert video advice on: What does the Democratic Party stand for?; How did the Democratic Party start?; How has the Democratic Party evolved since Andrew Jackson? and more...

The kind of people who vote for the Democratic Party tend to be people who are involved in unions. The unions have been a huge aspect of the Democratic Party every since The New Deal. Even before hand, to a certain extent, since the progressive movement. Minorities. So this is minorities in the broad sense. I mean, ethnic minorities but also minorities in terms of sexual orientations, women to a certain extent- even though they make up a majority of the country. So those people who classify themselves as kind of minorities tend to vote with the Democrats. Getting into more narrow groups: academics, economists, journalists, tend to overwhelmingly vote democrat. There is a notion that increasing education tends to get you to vote more towards the democrats after a certain point.