Why does this surprise anybody?

I suppose it'll surprise some people, but it doesn't particularly surprise me. Democrats are the "rich person" party. They also are probably the poor person party, too. The history of that fact is kind of interesting though. Apparently, it hasn't always been that way, which is surprising as a 29 year old. I guess things do change. As some one who lived in San Antonio and now lives in West Hartford, I'm not particularly surprised. On a cost of living basis West Hartford is about 40% more expensive to live in. And there is NO competition in this area to the Democrats. Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Jersey are the richest states, and the Republicans are nothing in these states, even if a couple of them have had Republican governors recently. If the state assemblies are (as they are in Connecticut) veto proof, who cares if the governor is republican?

On the first related thought, I've often wondered if the wealth gaps that exist in Democrat areas are because of their policies. I don't know that to be the case, and I don't know how to test correlation, causation, or which way the correlation/causation goes. Are the wealth gaps the reason people vote Democrat, or the way around? My guess is a little of both ways. I think really rich people can afford the Democrat economic policies, which leads to more regulation, higher taxes, more governmental in general, which then this leads to the inability to get out of poverty, the "cycle" of poverty, people not trying to get out of poverty as they get all the "stuff" they want, etc.

On the second related thought, about the recent Rush Limbaugh incident (being part of an ownership group buying the St. Louis Rams). I've heard over and over again that the owners of NFL teams are "conservative" people. Is that because they don't like taking risks? Because I've also heard that only one owner came out for Obama. And? Did the other 31 come out for McCain? Or did they just not come out for anyone? I would hope they mostly kept their mouths shut, after all while I'm sure most of them voted, sports is supposed to be a place free of politics. If 15 or less owners came out for McCain, then they're not any more "conservative" (politically) then the rest of the nation. Maybe other owners did come out for McCain, I admittedly don't particularly care about NFL Owners' voting patterns. Oh well, it's almost like sports journalism is consistently liberal.