Six-Chart Sunday (#13) – Is Biden a Trump Voter?
6 Infographics from the week + 1 interview (Will Hurd)
Statistically, Biden Should be a Trump Voter: ~74% of straight, white, male, Catholic, college-educated, 75+ voters in the Delaware suburbs are Trump supporters. The Economist’s “Build a Voter” tool is fun and fascinating (if not 100%).
The Diploma Divide is Deepening: Political divisions between White voters with-and-without college degrees are expanding further in 2024.
Keep Calm and Carry On: While geopolitical events impact the market in the short-term – investors tend to sell risk assets first and ask questions later – over time, the market cares more about earnings and less about everything else.
Industrial Policies Rising: 2023 continued the “new normal” trend of expanding industrial policy initiatives (where nationalism meets protectionism).
Does Parenthood Predict Political Perspective?: The 2nd-best predictor of being a Biden 2020-to-Trump 2024 swing voter (after being young) was being a non-white parent of a child under 18.
Is America Waging a “War on Its Young?”: Why is the U.S. the 10th-happiest country in the world for people over 60 but only 62nd-happiest for people under 30? Have we “broken the social contract that binds America: Work hard, play by the rules, and you’ll be better off than your parents were?” Thought-provoking piece by Scott Galloway (click on chart to read).
VIDEO
The patriotic optimism (and optimistic patriotism) of former Congressman, CIA agent & Presidential candidate Will Hurd.