One possible explanation for this is that the demographic most likely to be harmed by technological-change-induced labor shocks are increasingly voting based on cultural, rather than economic, issues. If this thesis is true, it would corroborate the notion that a distinct portion of the American working class has shifted away from the Democratic Party as the cultural wars came to dominate public debates. My results thus suggest that a combination of progressive economic and conservative cultural policies may prove most attractive to Americans whose jobs are highly susceptible to automation. [What is higher ed's role in addressing the underlying problem of preparing the workforce for technological-change-induced labor shocks? - ray]
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2021/11/22/automation-and-the-radicalization-of-america/
