U.S. voters continue to be motivated more by whom they loathe than whom they like.
The Midterm Winner Will Be Whichever Party Americans Hate Less
The Midterm Winner Will Be Whichever Party Americans Hate Less
10 Oct 2026 1 Comment
in politics - USA Tags: voter demographics
The Hollowing of the Political Centre
27 Jun 2026 1 Comment
in liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: voter demographics
Across the Western democracies, the political centre is under pressure. The populist right is rising, especially in Europe and the United States, while younger voters are showing renewed interest in socialism, or at least in much more interventionist economic policies. The result is not that the centre has vanished, but that it has lost much […]
The Hollowing of the Political Centre
The five voter tribes that will decide who governs New Zealand
19 Mar 2026 Leave a comment
in politics - New Zealand Tags: voter demographics
If you want to understand what will happen on 7 November, forget the polls for a moment. Forget the horse-race coverage, the personality contests, and the pundit predictions. Instead, read Danyl McLauchlan’s cover story in this week’s Listener magazine. It’s the sharpest piece of political analysis I’ve read this cycle – and probably the most […]
The five voter tribes that will decide who governs New Zealand
The youth gender gap is because young women have moved left
06 Mar 2026 Leave a comment
in politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: regressive left, voter demographics
The tweet above includes this graph: The original tweet has lots of reasoning as to why this is. TLDR is social media. The post The youth gender gap is because young women have moved left first appeared on Kiwiblog.
The youth gender gap is because young women have moved left
The radical right is not conservative
04 Feb 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of education, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: voter demographics
That the radical right calls itself “conservative” is one of the most successful acts of political re-branding in modern history. The label has stuck so firmly that many people now treat the two as interchangeable. Yet historically, philosophically, and temperamentally, they are opposites. This confusion is not confined to the uninformed. Journalists who ought to know better […]
The radical right is not conservative
Poor whites used to vote for Democratic presidential candidates while rich whites voted Repulican. This has now reversed
24 Jan 2026 1 Comment
in politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential elections, voter demographics
See Entertainment got too good by Eric Levitz of Vox. The article has some interesting ideas on why this happened along with some useful graphics. I have links to several related posts on the attitudes of Democrats & Repulicans, what shapes their views, how they differ, how they affect their daily lives and why they change…
Poor whites used to vote for Democratic presidential candidates while rich whites voted Repulican. This has now reversed
A median voter theory of right-wing populism
16 Aug 2025 1 Comment
in labour economics, labour supply, Public Choice Tags: voter demographics
From a recent paper: Populists are often defined as those who claim that they fill “political representation gaps” -differences between the policymaking by established parties and the “popular will.” Research has largely neglected to what extent this claim is correct. I study descriptively whether representation gaps exist and their relationship with populism. To this end, I analyze […]
A median voter theory of right-wing populism
A surprisingly large number of voters claim to be politically active, half of them might even vote
29 May 2019 Leave a comment
in politics - USA Tags: voter demographics
Is there a Republican in the house?
05 Feb 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of education, politics - USA Tags: voter demographics
How Donald Trump Won The White House: Jonathan Pie’s American Pie
17 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in politics - USA Tags: political correctness, voter demographics
How populist are you?
22 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in administration, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: popularism, voter demographics
Why The Polls Keep Getting It Wrong – Cheddar Explains
20 Oct 2018 Leave a comment
in politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: voter demographics
Dead Wrong® with Johan Norberg – Why Swedes Vote for Populists
20 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in economic growth, economics of crime, Economics of international refugee law, income redistribution, international economic law, international economics, law and economics, population economics, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, unemployment Tags: populism, Sweden, voter demographics
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