NYT: The Democratic coalition ≠ True Leftists and coastal liberal elites

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I think that to conflate "true leftists" with "cultural elites" is kind of silly. When I think of the stereotype of a New York Times reader from an upper middle class suburb I don't think liberal do much as a fiscal moderate+social liberal who would in an earlier generation have been a Rockefeller Republican. On a lot of issues like expanding social security, raising the minimum wage etc I think that if you asked a lot of people they'd probably lean left on all of them, it's just that liberal has a negative cultural connotation. I bet that on fiscal issues plenty of working class white people are to the left of the suburban yuppie/whole foods stereotype.

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old money WASPs in New York are still more solidly Republican. The UES went for Lhota while the UWS went for De Blasio.

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Well there has to be something to explain why the UES is more Republican then the UWS. Maybe just because it's even wealthier.

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That's why upper middle class liberals love the "99%" analysis of Occupy Wall St.

Which is legitimate IMO. We live in a time where even upper middle class kids get stuck with student loan debt. Every social class other then the "stinkin rich" has taken one step or more down the ladder of economic security in recent years.