Thread by @titonka

I think I think about this chart like once a day at this point. It just explains 95% of American partisan politics right now.

I have helpfully highlighted the relevant portion. 1/

There aren't a lot of fiscally conservative, socially liberal people.

But...there ARE a lot of fiscally liberal, socially conservative people. Dennis from 30 Rock is EVERYWHERE, America, and you had no idea. 2/

Why are Culture Wars over trans kids in sports and (TOTALLY FALSE) calls for less beef consumption a big Thing on the right? In part, because this. Because of that quadrant. Go for the theoretically gettable social conservatives. who aren't firmly in that upper right area. 3/

Why is Biden selling climate as jobs and infrastructure rather than climate? Because climate has become a cultural/identity issue (again, see beef freakout). Make it an economic issue, and maybe it's more sellable...again, theoretically, to that upper-left quadrant. 4/

Bernie Sanders definitely had a lot of socially liberal ideas. But the economic stuff was at the core of his message, and I'd argue that that's why I occasionally talked to people who had voted Republican in the past but who could see themselves voting for a *socialist*. 5/

I hereby acknowledge that somehow there might be a huge shift between 2016 and 2020. And if so, I'm totally wrong here! And will revise how I think! But for now this just feels like the rosetta stone. /end