It’s Getting Harder to Categorize Voters

Sarah Longwell: “Having conducted hundreds of focus groups since 2018, I’ve become well-acquainted with the complex varietals of the American voter. Our rapidly shifting information landscape and cultural incohesion makes them harder to categorize for tidy political-science purposes.”

“I personally find terms like ‘far-left’ and ‘far-right’ or even the word ‘conservative’ to be increasingly meaningless. And there are a fair number of things that used to be axiomatic about politics that no longer are.”

“But one axiom of politics remains true: In the end, it comes down to how people feel about their futures and well-being.”