Let's see, what party has a history of establishing more programs that dole out taxpayers dollars to the minorities? Which party strives to keep minorities on the Government roles instead of empowering them to become self-sufficient? What party would rather see a single Black Mother collect welfare, than a paycheck? "Popular" belief would say that one trait of a Redneck is domination and superiority over minorities. If that is the case, Whose the Redneck?

I lived in rural Missouri for seven years. We had a Democrat congressman Ike Skelton. The Reddest of Neck didn't bother to vote. I do remember them being more in favor of Republicans. I remember something like " I can't vote fer ____, he's for the queers 'n' ni___rs", but I know most of these people didn't vote.

This one is a fallacy. For one thing, a lot of Republicans are not from The South. There are people in The North who fit the redneck stereotype in every way, except for maybe ethnicity, accent, and maybe religion, have known and met met many such "Northern rednecks," and some are turning to this party, some are bigots, some not. And that bothers me a little, because I am strongly, STRONGLY pro labor and whatever it's faults may be, pro-union, and I like the ideals, not the reality, but the best ideals of the best Democrats. The Democratic Party was frankly kinder to most of my ancestors and the cultures I came from. I do feel the Republicans are more likely to help the elite and big business than the common man, though both groups are essentially looking out for their own interests. Now, there ARE ALWAYS gonna be people who FIT the stereotype, there ARE Southerners who, unfortunately embody all of the traits of rednecks, negative or positive, and they are more likely to vote Republican since the Southern Strategy of the 60's, which, to be honest, was in part formed to play on fears regarding civil rights and the turmoil of the era. Now, my grandmother's family was from Georgia, and I will say that Southerners are often very polite, friendly, and hospitable people, though of course there are some rotten apples there too.I'm not fond of the KKK, the racist, vile Bob Jones U. element ( which was the earliest major nail in the coffin for me regarding Bush, PLEASE don't try and tell me his team knew 0 about the school's policies beforehand) or the book burners, they deserve nothing but scorn IMO. Still, some of the biggest "liberals' or Democrats, or whatever you want to call them of our time have come from the South: Clinton, Carter, Gore, etc. Now, the person who really is a died in the wool redneck is more likely to be a Republican, voting results of all sorts show this quite forcefully, but a great thing about the human race is that there are always variations and exceptions to supposed rules of thumb.

Plenty of rednecks in the Democratic Party actually.

I am a Republican, and i am a college meteorology student, which is far from being a redneck. I also find it interesting that the left thinks all Republicans are rednecks, but these same ignorant morons also seem to think that all Republicans are rich corporate elitists, and it is also quite strange that the "tolerant" left is full of people who will say people are stupid and imbred just because of what region of the country they live in

Boy that's true. I was hunting quail in Texas and I noticed a lot of Republican bumper stickers on pickups! Some of them said "John Kerry's Mother wears combat boots" and "Yo, Lone Star Beer!" I had to go to Austin and hunker down at a wine and quiche restaurant to settle my nerves!

This one is very funny. Where I live most of what one would call rednecks are registered Democrates but they tend to vote Republican! This misunderstanding seems to be because the rednecks have higher moral values, closer family ties and rally around the flag much more than the remainder of the Democrats. Makes me wonder why they aren't Repbulicans.

First people say we're all wealthy and now we're all rednecks. Make up your minds. And for all ya'lls information, I am a middle class young woman who lives in the suburbs and whose father owns a small business. (sarcasm intended) Tell me I am a redneck, I dare you.

TO METAL666: Myth! I am a Christian and a Republican and I am not inbred, not a racist, not a sexist, if you have read my post for the past two days, not a homophobe (in fact I have gay friends), and as far has Adolf Hitler, he can burn in hell! And please, leave the Ku Klux Klan reference out of this.

The southern states are pretty much uneducated rednecks that don't know anything. And they were all red in the election. All of the ivy league college states were blue. What does that tell you?

Another bogus statement. They do seem to have cornered the market on rednecks though. All rednecks are republicans would be a much more accurate statement.

I don't know guys - this one doesn't hold a lot of water. I think both parties have a variety of people voting for them at any given time. If not, then, why is it so many Republicans I know or know of have college degrees and professional postions while so many of the factory worker types are obligated by their union to vote Dem? Also, the Dems seem to be pulling in (or straining to) all the lower income folks who want or need to keep that government sponsored gravy train running. Or do the more elite of the Democratic party consider these people as just a means to an end and not a serious faction of their party?

Hey somebody turn down that bass on the radio, oh wait it's my NEW EXHAUST system on my Chevy Democrats if you really believe this then too bad. Not all Republicans are Rednecks and not all Democrats are Stupid.

The new politically correct term for redneck is country music star.

I'm with Sindiszno on this one. My co-workers are getting a little tired of my flannel shirts, buzzcut and the Confederate Flag in the back window of my pick-up. Wait! I don't have a pick-up truck. I don't own a flannel shirt, and my barber would kick me out of his barber shop if I used the term buzz-cut. Well, I get called a red-neck often enough on this website, but who are the ones calling me that?

I guess being a gun owner classifies me as a redneck in liberal-speak, so yep, I am a redneck (even though I lack the requisite pickup truck). Hey, has anyone ever heard of an Italian redneck?

A dumb and stereotypical item that cost the Democrats thousands of votes in the last election. Like I have said before, more people voted for Bush in Massachusetts than in Mississippi, Louisiania, and in Wyoming combined. Heck, even the governor of Massachusetts is a Republican. Boston is very redneck, huh?

Actually your typical Republican is more middle class than your average Democrat and more highly educated than your average Democrat. But I still get a chuckle everytime I hear someone call me a redneck- who lives in West New York of couse.*****UPDATE- For the record a poll taken by Pew Research Center last year found that 35% of Republicans have a college education as opposed to 27% of Democrats.

I'm one of the most conservative person you'd ever know and I'm not a redneck...the rest of my family kind of are(uncles and cousins) but they are not as conservative as me.

No, I've met alot of Rednecks who are very rational, very nice people.

No they're not. But as a sidebar to Mr. Political's comment about what southern democrats were called when the Democrats controlled the southern states. They were called Dixiecrats by the GOP and media pundits and it had exactly the same meaning as rednecks with the additional meanings of nepotism, corruption and crooked politics.

This concept is so outlandish that I find it hard to believe that any person with an IQ could believe this. Typically when one hears the term redneck they think about uneducated people from the deep south. Doesn't anyone find it the slightest bit ironic that when the south was controlled by almost all Democrats they weren't being called such childish names? Then again, what else can you expect from the DNC other than sophomoric rhetoric?

Some are rednecks, but not all. Unfortunately, the Republican party is more capable of communicating with rednecks than the Democrats are.

Being unfortunate enough to live in the south, I can say that this is definately true in the hell hole that is Georgia. Though your rich snobs are republican too.

A lot of stuff on this list is bs - but I'm sorry. . .there's a reason for this stereotype - less education = hick = whatever the TV tells me republican.

Actually, the better educated person tends to be Liberal, Lance; ie, the chattering classes. Big business interests will vote Republican or those who see their 'territory' under threat. It is also known that poorly educated people fail to question what is fed to them and will vote according to localism...the Sun newspaper (very Right wing) has a following of working class people. It is true that the lowly paid and destitute will want to vote for an administration that will pay them benefits or at least consider their case and that tends to be Democrats. The Middle Classes wish to preserve, rightly, what they have earned hard to gain and will vote Conservative. As for Rednecks, they tend to be smaller, parochial societies where the status quo is sought and the 'stranger' lives in L.A. This is why they often vote Republican. Minority groups will tend to vote for the party that will not disenfranchise them.

You mean these southern bigots whose highest grade level of education is 3rd grade? You mean those 40-year old bums who sit all day in the porch drinking whiskey, living with their 80 year old moms? Do they vote Republican? Yes, Yes, and Yes!

No myth here. (YEEEEHAW!)

I am going to find it most inconvenient moving the washing machine to the front porch.

My incredibly attractive and very classy wife is about as far from being a Redneck as anyone I know.