John Burn-Murdoch: “In April 2022, Elon Musk tweeted a cartoon made by evolutionary biologist Colin Wright. The picture reveals a stick determine representing Wright, a self-described ‘center-left liberal’, changing into politically stranded because the American left shifts ever additional leftward through the 2010s, leaving him nearer to the precise regardless of his ideology not altering. The graphic was mocked on the time. However latest occasions recommend it could have a grain of reality to it.”
“To be clear: the primary cause the Democrats misplaced the US election is that inflation kills political incumbents. However that doesn’t imply there should not different classes within the outcomes.”
“Knowledge suggests the Democrats misplaced floor with moderates, whereas holding regular amongst progressives. Fees that racism propelled voters to Donald Trump are at odds with the rightward swing amongst Black and Hispanic voters, and with a raft of knowledge displaying that racial prejudice is in regular decline amongst Individuals of all political stripes.”
“As an alternative, the info reveals Democrats taking a pointy flip leftward on social points over the previous decade.”
