The difference in correlation with voting between this standard-of-housing index and the overall standard-of-living index suggests, once again, that it’s housing costs, rather than other costs such as groceries or health care, that are crucial to voting Republican or Democrat.
Despite the explanatory power of the Dirt Gap and the Mortgage Gap, these concepts have not been widely discussed.
The problem limiting their popularity may be that they are too objective, too morally neutral.
What people want to hear instead are explanations for why they, personally, are ethically and culturally better than their enemies.Noticing, Steve Sailer
This is an article from 2005, way before the current inflation that is changing people’s strategy. But the highlighted portion is very true. Moral superiority is addictive, and people seek it out everywhere.
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Yes, but what *is* the housing cost gap he’s talking about?
Please elaborate? I’m so curious.
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The correlation he observed is that in the areas where home prices were rising mega-fast, people tended to vote D. In the areas where they stayed stable, people married and had kids more often and as a result voted R.
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Thanks! That’s really interesting.
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Is it the same Steve Sailer, who blogs at Taki?
Do you recommend reading both “Noticing” and Charles Murray’s Human Accomplishment?
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Yes, it’s the same one.
Noticing is really good and it’s shocking how articles written 20 years ago are still extremely relevant today.
I haven’t read Human Accomplishment and I’m not going to because it’s not really my topic. But I’m sure it’s good like everything Murray puts out.
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