By Clyde Brittelle and Archer D’Angelo

In our modern political landscape, there is such a spectrum of differing ideologies, so Archer and I thought we could detail multiple political typology groups to display who they might side with in this year’s coming election. Please enjoy,

NOTE: This is in order of left to right politically, so Establishment Liberals would be more left-leaning then Democratic Mainstays

PROGRESSIVE LEFT:

This political group is “the only majority-white, non-Hispanic Democratic-oriented political typology group”. While they do feel less inclined to fully support the democratic party than Establishment Liberals and Democratic Mainstays, they nonetheless overwhelmingly backed Joe Biden in 2020. Interestingly, they are the only group to say they prefer a president who identifies as a democratic socialist.

ESTABLISHMENT LIBERALS:

The Establishment Liberals are known as one of if not the most educated political typology group, and also one of the most diverse groups. They are also strong supporters of Joe Biden and generally optimistic about America’s future. To get to the people involved, they are 53% women and 51% of them have college degrees, more than any other group (also 25% have postgraduate degrees.) Unlike the other democratic party groups, they are mostly satisfied and optimistic about the current state of America.

DEMOCRATIC MAINSTAYS:

Democratic Mainstays are the biggest group (Other than stressed side liners) with 13% of the population and they are also the most diverse and religious of the left-wing sectors. Interestingly, they are the only group who believes that people saying offensive things and people being too offended by things are equal problems. They like the establishment liberals are over 60% Women but unlike them they are 55% over the age of 50. They are also 75% religious which is more than any of the other left wing sectors. Another interesting bit is that they are under 50% white with them being 26% black and 20% Hispanic. 

OUTSIDER LEFT:

Now we get to the outsider left, this group is quite different from the other liberal sectors as its two defining features are that they are on average very young and also, while liberal, dissatisfied with the Democrats. 86% of them said that they did not have any candidates in 2020 who had their opinions, a statistic that is not rivaled by any other sector as all of the other groups had at least 70% of them say that at least one candidate did show their ideals. They are very anti-Trump but not really pro Biden, also unlike the other Liberal sectors only 28% of them said that they are invested in politics.

STRESSED SIDE LINERS:

Here we have the one group who is not affiliated with any political party. 45% of them voted in 2020 (The least of any group) but only 19% say they are deeply invested in politics. They are mostly white and Hispanic with 56% of them being women, also nearly half of them don’t have a college degree.

AMBIVALENT RIGHT:

While the Ambivalent Right share many core conservative values, they “hold more moderate stances on several social issues like abortion and same-sex marriage”. They also differ from conservative republicans with their international-leaning opinions on foreign policy. The probably largest difference between this group and other republicans is that while the vast majority of the GOP view Trump favorably, the Ambivalent Right are not inclined to do so.

POPULIST RIGHT:

This group is extremely conservative and republican. However, unlike other right leaning groups they dislike large corporations and banks. Additionally, they think that the economic system skews unfairly towards these huge businesses. Like most GOP political groups, they overwhelmingly supported Trump and are majority white. But in contrast they are mostly women and also only two-in-ten are college graduates. 

COMMITTED CONSERVATIVES:

Majority republican, this group, unlike the populist right, shares the traditional republican values of pro-business economic ideals. They also center around maintaining the American military and U.S allies when it comes to international diplomacy. They differ from the populist right and faith and flag conservatives when it comes to their more moderate views on racial equality. They did support Trump in 2020, but they are not inclined to support Trump maintaining a major role in the GOP.

FAITH AND FLAG CONSERVATIVES:

This group is extremely religious, conservative, and like the progressive left, politically engaged. They lean towards a major role for Christianity in public life and a smaller federal government. Like the committed conservatives, they also favor a strong American military and its huge role in international diplomacy. Faith and Flag Conservatives are also more likely to say that there is more discrimination towards whites than blacks. They are majority republican, and strongly support Trump.