Grafikquelle: „Wie die Demokraten zur Partei der Wohlhabenden wurden“ (The New York Times Opinion Section, 23. Oktober 2025)
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Grafikquelle: „Wie die Demokraten zur Partei der Wohlhabenden wurden“ (The New York Times Opinion Section, 23. Oktober 2025)
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Using two decades of federal data, the investigative reporter Brody Mullins and the Times Opinion graphics editor Gus Wezerek show how the class alignments of Democrats and Republicans have flipped. Brody writes:
>If Democrats don’t reverse course, they may soon find themselves unable to win presidential elections. Increasingly, the party is made up of urban professionals who graduated from four-year universities and command relatively high salaries. Having more of these supporters has been a boon to the party’s finances, but electorally, the shift has been a disaster.
>The electoral power of high-income voters is limited: Not only are they a smaller demographic, but they are also concentrated in a handful of coastal states that do not decide presidential elections. By contrast, the lower-income voters lost by Democrats are dispersed across the battleground states that increasingly determine the Electoral College outcome. Under this system, no candidate can win the presidency today without galvanizing the working class.
>For most of the past century, that was the Democratic Party’s political playbook. So what changed?
Read the full piece [here, for free](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/opinion/democrats-rich-poor.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vk8.PJzi.yhIkQp1_Hnt8&smid=re-nytopinion), even without a Times subscription.
Data source: U.S. Census Bureau
*Median incomes presented in charts date to the first day of each congressional meeting. Incomes are adjusted for inflation to 2023 dollar equivalents.*
Tools used: d3, Datawrapper, Adobe Illustrator