The politics of my work colleagues seems a bit off center to me. Are they a normal group or am I off base?

In the group of about 50 people I work with daily, I seem to be the political oddball. Most (80%) are staunch supporters of the war in Iraq, with about 20% being strong supporters of the President and another 10% believe that the US can do no wrong and the rest of the world needs to recognize that or be hunted down and brutally killed. Is this a normal statistical sampling, or do I work with a bunch of right-wingers? I support the troops, but not necessarily the policies that move them. I think that the political spectrum seems to be doing a pendulum, from one extreme to the other. On a side note, I'm a defense contractor in Germany, training the troops for deployment, as are the rest of my colleagues. Maybe this skews the question, since the war effort pays our bills. What kind of political views are predominant at other workplaces?|||not the norm... defense is notorious for conservative views... if for not other reason than it's very good for business...





I mean if you worked at a university, you would probably see exactly the opposite views... yet it would clearly also be skewed...





believe it or not, polls are pretty accurate... you can look at the last election when the poll's guess was inside the margin of error...





of course some polls are skewed, but if you look at several polls, done by several different sources on the same issues... you can usually get a pretty good idea...





here is a site that looks at many issues from many different polls... it usually gives a pretty wide view of how people think...





http://www.pollingreport.com/iraq.htm|||I've worked overseas as well, in Taiwan and Japan, and during that time I didn't meet anyone from the US who supported the state of the Iraq war. When the invasion started, I was working in a non profit community center, and there was only one staff member who supported the action.|||I think the problem here is that we (living in today's world with its kind of politics) are so divided on the lines of right and left. What these mean in reaity, no one can tell. We seem to be crazy about nomenclatures and we are caught in what I call the Politics of Another Man's Mind. Poeple should hold their own views on issues because they are clear in their minds about what is going on around them. It becomes quite disturbing when views are cast in the LEFT and RIGHT pegion holes. The stigma deters others from expressing their opinions.|||I'm just guessing here, but I bet you went to college while most of your colleagues didn't, right?





You aren't alone out there. Most Americans do agree with your point of view. Unfortunately, the die-hard conservatives tend to yell the loudest. So, the liberal view points rarely are heard.|||It's when people tend to sort of conform or like to 'jump on bandwagon' may be.|||wow. I hope that's not the norm. While I'm a proud American. I think it's dangerous to put blind faith in your country and its leaders. I support our troops but not the war. I hope we can bring them back soon.


I work in a restaurant, and while there's a mix of opinions, I would have to say that most people do not support the war and are eagerly looking foreward to having Bush out of office. I guess it also depends where you live that makes the majority.|||Well, it would skew it, but everyone is in their own center one way or another.|||Do what is right! you know how you feel! don't let other people think for you!|||They aren't normal by any stretch - but you're right the nature of your job attracts war and Bush supporters.|||You are obviously not familiar with the silent majority. Most people in the country are not anti-American liberal communists. I'd say you're the odd man out.