Are the Top 5% Liberal?
(L) Lloyd Craig Blankfein, CEO of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc, Kenneth Irvine Chenault, CEO and Chairman of American Express, Kenneth D. Lewis, Chairman, CEO, and President of Bank of America and Edward Yingling, president of the American Bankers Association, walk down the driveway at the White House on March 27, 2009 in Washington DC (Mark Wilson / Getty Images)
Andrew Gelman answers the question: Yes in blue states, no in red states—and he has the charts to prove it.
Bottom line:
There are more rich conservatives than rich liberals (just as there are more rich Republican voters than rich Democratic voters) but the minority of upper-income Americans who are rich do play an important role in our society. It’s worth spending some time thinking about rich liberals, but it’s also worth remembering that most rich Americans are not liberal.
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