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Surveys: Republicans more open-minded, better informed than Democrats
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dailycaller.com — Yet another new survey shows that Republican supporters know more about politics and political history than Democrats.

On eight of 13 questions about politics, Republicans outscored Democrats by an average of 18 percentage points, according to a new Pew survey titled “Partisan Differences in Knowledge.”

The Pew survey adds to a wave of surveys and studies showing that GOP-sympathizers are better informed, more intellectually consistent, more open-minded, more empathetic and more receptive to criticism than their fellow Americans who support the Democratic Party.

“Republicans fare substantially better than Democrats on several questions in the survey, as is typically the case in surveys about political knowledge,” said the study, which noted that Democrats outscored Republicans on five questions by an average of 4.6 percent.

The widest partisan gap in the survey came in at 30 points when only 46 percent of Democrats — but 76 percent of Republicans —- correctly described the GOP as “the party generally more supportive of reducing the size of federal government.”

The widest difference that favored Democrats was only 8 percent, when 59 percent of Republicans and 67 percent of Democrats recognized the liberal party as “more [supportive] of reducing the defense budget.”

The survey quizzed 1,000 people, including 239 Republicans and 334 Democrats.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/04/22/science-say-gop-voters-better-informed-open-minded/#ixzz1sxI9PeJv

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Why are Republicans better informed and more open minded than democRATs?
A. They are able to process facts and form thoughts independently from the group.
67%
B. They possess a sense of humor.
0%
C. liberals are as emotional as a bunch of women.
0%
D. Most Republicans were not indoctrinated in government controlled schools.
0%
E. Republicans can for an independent thought.
0%
Republicans are not angry about everything all of the time like liberal democRATs are.
0%
G. A, B, C, D, E and F.
33%
This is not a scientific survey, click here to learn more. Results may not total 100% due to rounding and voting descrepencies.
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lastbaldeagle
Posted 389 days ago
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An elderly lady was walking on the golf course on the island of Martha's Vineyard . She slipped and fell.

Obama who was behind her by chance, helped her to get up promptly. She thanked him and he answered

- "It was a pleasure to help you. Don't you recognize me? I am your president. Are you going to vote for me in the next election? "

The elderly woman laughed and replied:

''You know ... I fell on my ass ... not on my head......
ffox
Posted 389 days ago
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One thing is for sure your a Republican and sexism is deep rooted within you.

It comes naturally to you. "liberals are as emotional as a bunch of women."
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