Rich people are more likely to be GOP but not more likely to be conservative

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[WalterWhite]

The data suggest that there are fewer higher-income liberals than there are lower-income liberals but also that there are fewer higher-income conservatives than lower income conservatives. There is little correlation between income and ideology. However, the data also suggest that poorer voters tend to be more Democratic than wealthier voters, a trend that has remained true 14 years after the publishing of this article.

There must be a lot of low-income moderate Democrats and high-income moderate Republicans out there.

This is true; many low-income moderates support the Democratic Party for class reasons, and the same goes with high-income moderates and the Republican Party.

[ProgressiveModerate]

The data suggest that there are fewer higher-income liberals than there are lower-income liberals but also that there are fewer higher-income conservatives than lower income conservatives. There is little correlation between income and ideology. However, the data also suggest that poorer voters tend to be more Democratic than wealthier voters, a trend that has remained true 14 years after the publishing of this article.

There must be a lot of low-income moderate Democrats and high-income moderate Republicans out there.

This is true; many low-income moderates support the Democratic Party for class reasons, and the same goes with high-income moderates and the Republican Party.

Probably a lot, especially looking at ballot initiative results typically social issues heavily outperform Ds in very wealthy communities.

I think in general though, our politics is becoming more divided along cultural lines so I think low-income "moderate" Democrats and high-income "moderate" Republicans are both eroding groups.

[ProgressiveModerate]

I think in general, Democrats have been the party representing change whereas Republicans have been the party representing non-change or even the past. This dynamic has been changing but I'd argue it's still generally true today.

If you are someone who ended up being financially successful, it's easier to look at the American system and say it works well as is and needs minimal intervention, especially because your social circle is probably filled with people of similar economic class. I also think if you're wealthy, it's easy to have the perception most people who are economically worse off than you could've achieved your success but just didn't work as hard and made the sacrifices you made, which becomes an impossible thing to measure. The reverse is true if you're poor; you're social group os going to be other poor folks and may not personally no anyone who has achieved financial success.