Re: Re: further adventures in political surrealism
Michael Pollak wrote:
I still think Frank is essentially right when he says that the Democrats could do a lot better among the U.S. working class if they weren’t Republicans light on economic issues.
The funny thing is, nobody argues with that.
BUt in the 2004 National Election Study, voters placed themselves closer to the Reps on econ policy, and to the Dems on social policy.
Yes, but that’s voters as a whole. Jenny was asking specifically about the the working class. And Bartels analysis, which says the working class (defined as the lower third of the income distribution) is closer to the Dems on economic policy (and perhaps even to the left of it) is entirely based on the NES, no?
Sorry, this is the revised paper (which I got from Bartels - I’m going to have him on the radio again in a few weeks). And it’s Tom Frank & Ruy Teixeira’s def of the w.c.: “without the civilizing influence of a college degree” as Bartels puts it. His tone in this version is much sharper - it’s as if he was annoyed by Tom Frank’s response and decided to take it up a notch.
Doug