Decades of research in political science have shown that most voters have only a vague idea of what terms like liberal, conservative and progressive mean. Those of us who think about this stuff a lot? We’re the weird ones.
Hakeem Jefferson@hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · yesterdayI have little to add to the chat, but I will say this: Those of us who spend a lot of time talking about politics overestimate how much other people care about, or are even familiar with, the labels we use to describe, denigrate, or celebrate candidates. Sometimes we’re high on our own supply.
