Very strongly disagree. I don't think class is a very important point of conflict today (race >> sex/age >> class), but to the extent it is, the upper-middle class (say 80th-99th percentile) has a lot to benefit from RW politics. First, Affirmative Action screws this group.
https://twitter.com/codex_americana/status/1809883451912249705
Second, Asian immigration. Asian immigrants mostly compete with this group, and have driven an extreme (and much lamented) intensification of the education rat race in the 21st century. Restricting it (needed for political reasons anyways) would greatly benefit the UMC.
Third, income tax - this group makes a lot of money, but it's mostly income, not capital gains, and thus it suffers a lot from America's extremely progressive taxation system.
Fourth, city living. Good government (meaning punishing criminals and having basic infrastructure work) is very important to making cities livable. The UMC can get around these problems by forking over $$$, but would benefit a lot from basic tough-on-crime policy.
If anything, I would say the UMC has the most to gain, materially, from right-wing politics, though the least to gain socially (since social breakdown, while very much present, is much more under control than in the rest of the country).
The big exception here is those elements of the UMC that work for the government, directly or indirectly (NGOs, regulation-created jobs, education system). This is a big group, but someone who wants society to work can't appeal to rent-seekers through their material interests.
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