I love the chart thank you. I think there may be a mistake re: Medicaid b/c Kalla classifies Medicaid as an issue where candidates who moderate would be penalized. (Not sure what exactly Kalla was measuring -- Medicaid expansion?)
Glad it's useful! I just got my hands on the underlying data (ty to Broockman) and should have even nicer charts at some point.
Re: medicaid, it's because the conservative position as presented includes work requirements, which are super popular
Liberal-"Medicaid should be expanded to provide more low-income Americans with health insurance."
Middle-"Medicaid should continue to provide low-income Americans with health insurance, while implementing reforms to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and give states more flexibility in program administration."
Conservative- "Medicaid should be
reformed by requiring recipients to have a job if they are physically able to work.'
This is a totally misleading analysis. Take guns, for example, which has the biggest difference in support for the liberal position between Democratic primary and general election voters. Except that 50% of general election voters support the "liberal" position on guns.
In addition, not all issues are created equal. It's on economic issues and particularly healthcare that the "liberal" positions are supported by close to a majority of general election voters.
If you go read the paper I'm basing this on, you can see that they find differences in impact by issue, which are related to how overall popular the liberal/conservative position is. On guns, there's really high polarization. A better issue for your example might be prescription drug prices .
I wrote a piece on this! Proportional representation would raise turnout and end bitter primary fights by moving the primary into a ranked general.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-210101146
I love the chart thank you. I think there may be a mistake re: Medicaid b/c Kalla classifies Medicaid as an issue where candidates who moderate would be penalized. (Not sure what exactly Kalla was measuring -- Medicaid expansion?)
Glad it's useful! I just got my hands on the underlying data (ty to Broockman) and should have even nicer charts at some point.
Re: medicaid, it's because the conservative position as presented includes work requirements, which are super popular
Liberal-"Medicaid should be expanded to provide more low-income Americans with health insurance."
Middle-"Medicaid should continue to provide low-income Americans with health insurance, while implementing reforms to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and give states more flexibility in program administration."
Conservative- "Medicaid should be
reformed by requiring recipients to have a job if they are physically able to work.'
And so what's your understanding of the sweet spot on Medicaid? Should Dems moderate and in what way precisely as far as general election electorate?
This is a totally misleading analysis. Take guns, for example, which has the biggest difference in support for the liberal position between Democratic primary and general election voters. Except that 50% of general election voters support the "liberal" position on guns.
In addition, not all issues are created equal. It's on economic issues and particularly healthcare that the "liberal" positions are supported by close to a majority of general election voters.
If you go read the paper I'm basing this on, you can see that they find differences in impact by issue, which are related to how overall popular the liberal/conservative position is. On guns, there's really high polarization. A better issue for your example might be prescription drug prices .