Great column by Frederick Hess: “Big Higher Ed’s leaders don’t really grasp that they’re seen as self-interested, dishonest, and out-of-touch. Nor do they see the extent to which bribery-based admissions, college costs, and student loan debt have eroded support on the left. They don’t appreciate how much the tales of woe used to promote Biden’s student loan “forgiveness” fed the conviction...
Only 6%-16% of the U.S. is woke
Based on Pew’s most recent political typology:
The truly woke (Progressive Left) are only 6%, but looking at how Pew defines their groups, I would consider the Outside Left (10%) to be pretty woke as well.
If you’re interested in where you fall amongst these groups, you can take their quiz here. I came up as Populist Right.
America becomes more liberal, but is still conservative
More socially liberal but still economically conservative, that is. Good news for libertarians.