Political Parties Shifting to Different Directions

Recently, in ap gov we talked about political parties and the drastic switch from one to the other. Last time this happened, we didn't even exist, and now it is happening right before our eyes.The the switch of popularity of liberalism, and not just any type, specifically gentry liberals. Gentry liberals reflect interests and values of affluent people of globalization and economy. It strongholds are within New York, Washington, Boston, San Francisco, and West Los Angeles. The rank of the affluent class has grown, resulting in this ideology’s popularity. The number of millionaires in the United States rose 26%. The reason for this increase in democratic majority is because it controls the wealthy majority. It has also a large presence on the internet. It also discusses that now both parties do not represent the middle or working classes, but the elite. Since the conservative and liberal are parts of the elite and affluent majority of the population, how do lower and working classes get represented? This shift of parties brought up the point that this transition in power has also significantly ignored a large group of people, the people below the elite are not represented at all. So if you consider yourself a liberal, are you really a liberal does your party really respresent you? Its kind of weird to think something that you believe changes without the core of the party's consent, their followers.

Information from the blog is referenced from the article, “the Gentry Liberals” by Joel Kotkin and Fred Siegal is an editorial from the LA Times. :)