I would agree that most young people are leftist, and most people in the knowledge class are leftist. I'm not going to agree that most rich people are leftist or most people on Twitter are leftist. I am willing to go along with most people matching all of {rich, young, knowledge class, on Twitter} are leftist, although I've no idea if it's true.
However, extrapolating that to the OP's point of:
> the average leftist/Democrat in the United States has no idea what it's like to be poor and reliant on many public services
really doesn't follow at all. The numbers are clear that really poor people heavily skew Democrat. In summary:
Less than $30k: 20%R to 43%D
$30-50k: Equal split
$75-150k: 33%R to 30%D
$150+: Equal split
It feels impossible to go from these numbers to the Op's conclusion, although I would accept the modification of it to "the average person in the United States, of either party affiliation, has no idea what it's like to be poor and reliant on many public services". Suggesting that's more true of Democrats is simply not factual, the numbers suggest though.
However, extrapolating that to the OP's point of:
> the average leftist/Democrat in the United States has no idea what it's like to be poor and reliant on many public services
really doesn't follow at all. The numbers are clear that really poor people heavily skew Democrat. In summary:
Less than $30k: 20%R to 43%D
$30-50k: Equal split
$75-150k: 33%R to 30%D
$150+: Equal split
It feels impossible to go from these numbers to the Op's conclusion, although I would accept the modification of it to "the average person in the United States, of either party affiliation, has no idea what it's like to be poor and reliant on many public services". Suggesting that's more true of Democrats is simply not factual, the numbers suggest though.
More detail at: http://www.people-press.org/2016/09/13/2016-party-identifica...