Most Americans Reject Political Correctness

Writing in The Atlantic, Yascha Mounk reports survey research, using an unusually large sample of 8000, which found some 80% of respondents believe political correctness is a problem for this society.

Progressive activists are the only group that strongly backs political correctness: Only 30 percent see it as a problem. So what does this group look like? Compared with the rest of the (nationally representative) polling sample, progressive activists are much more likely to be rich, highly educated—and white. They are nearly twice as likely as the average to make more than $100,000 a year. They are nearly three times as likely to have a postgraduate degree.

While 12 percent of the overall sample in the study is African American, only 3 percent of progressive activists are. With the exception of the small tribe of devoted conservatives, progressive activists are the most racially homogeneous group in the country.

Author Mounk self-identifies as a member of the “progressive activist” group and was clearly surprised to learn to what extent that make him a minority. Hillary too seriously underestimated how many of us are "deplorable;" it turns out four people out of five reside in that category. Oops. Hat tip to RealClearPolitics for the link.