A new survey shows how economic policy divides the GOP and unites Democrats

Posted on AllSides June 11th, 2019
From The Left
Political Polarization, economic policy

Lower-income Republicans are decidedly more moderate on economics.

Rank-and-file Democrats of all income levels are largely united around big economic policy themes, a new study shows. The Republican Party, by contrast, features a significant internal division that basically tracks income lines, with lower-income Republicans being much more moderate on a range of economics-related issues.

The study, released Tuesday by the Democracy Fund’s Voter Study Group, was authored by Lee Drutman, Vanessa Williamson, and Felicia Wong.

They gauged support for a few different progressive economic policy ideas and then compared the...

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