923: Echelon's quadrants are an SOS for economic conservatives
Always read Patrick Ruffini, even if you disagree with him
There are few things more informative to the future of American politics than a great chart. And few people consistently putting together great charts than
.Here are two recent updates to recurring reports from Ruffini’s polling firm, Echelon Insights, on what American politics would look like with multiple parties and how voters break down on a quadrant of economic & social liberalism to conservatism:
In addition to the great charts, well, he’s been right. Here’s Ezra Klein:
In his 2023 book, Party of the People: Inside the Multiracial Populist Coalition Remaking the GOP, Ruffini argued that Trump was spearheading a multi-racial realignment—with non‑college-educated voters across all races moving sharply toward the GOP. And so far, the data we have from this election suggests that Ruffini was right.”
923 days until the first result in the next presidential primary. Will he be right again?
Ruffini’s Substack newsletter “Explores the intersection of politics & data.” The post these charts are drawn from, on the danger ahead of economic conservatives, can be found at the link below.
