[This post](astralcodexten.substack.com/p/) contains some very insightful interpretations and charts, and complements nicely [my recent toot about vs ](qoto.org/@tripu/10660695114736).

Some highlights in a 🧵 thread:

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🔬 **Some notable exceptions to that global trend**:

In the 🇺🇸 , the influence of income has vanished, and support depends solely (and strongly!) on education (highly educated ↔ leftist).

In (epitome: 🇸🇪 ) it's the opposite: education became irrelevant, and political preference depends only on income (perhaps because they are wealthy, egalitarian countries?).

🇵🇹 hasn't changed like the other countries: there the Right is still supported mostly by educated (and rich) voters. (NB: in the 50's and 60's, Portugal was a dictatorship).

🇮🇹 is the rare case where leftist parties ended up being the parties of the _richest_ segment of the population. I wouldn't read too much into this, though, as the political landscape there during the last decade or two has been a populist mess.

🇪🇸 is the country where education and income tell you _the least_ about political preferences! There's still the secular correlation “high income ↔ right wing”, but it's very weak today. (NB: in the 50's and 60's, Spain was also a dictatorship).

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To be fair, most USA capital winners are technology based. An individual can currently pull in a quarter million a year with the right skills, over such a rate being exclusive to people with strong social connections.

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