@billybinion For a guy who covers a lot of politics, you don't seem to understand politics. He's able to move the needle. Major metro politics are now national politics.
@idobadtakes The only high-income people who vote republicans are (a) high-level sociopaths who only care about money; (b) faggot car salesmen and the equivalent; and (c) the like 0.001% wealthy who feel targeted.
@serenadex1@cremieuxrecueil But they do not. That's the problem. They live off the reputation of something they did 35 years ago and just cruise forever.
@SebastianCaliri Yes, person with a Yale + Stanford background is somehow “non-elite.” Meanwhile, the “real economy” is supposedly just a plumbing business owner. Ignore that most top economic contributors, including major companies to “little tech, ” are highly educated professionals.
@epkaufm You gotta realize that it's synonymous with culture wars at this point, irrespective of income or how a particular party benefits them.
Close to red tribe: Uneducated=blue collar=masculine=cool
Close to blue tribe: Uneducated=blue collar=hick=not cool
And vice versa
@boogieforpres@mattyglesias Yes totally the government workers and not the supermajority of high income professionals in big law, finance, tech or medicine who - especially if under 40 - overwhelming vote Democrat