In the 2000 and tens, attitudes shifted sharply left.
For instance,
if you look at Gallup polling that asks Democrats whether they call themselves liberals
or moderates,
you see a big change.
In 1995, 46% of Democrats are calling themselves moderates,
and just 25% of them are calling themselves liberals.
But in 2015, 45% of Democrats are calling themselves liberals,
and just 35% are calling themselves moderates.
Views shifted significantly on issues like race, immigration and gender, and these changes, plus.
The policy victories that have come because.
Of them, have resulted in a backlash.
Now Wokeness is on the outs Explicitly anti woke politicians
like Florida Governor Ron DeSantis have tried to root
out ideas from the K12 schools that he views as stemming from critical race theory,
and he's attacked corporations like Disney for being.
Too accepting of LGBTQ identities.
But the anti woke backlash hasn't just come from Republican politicians.
Lots of people across the political spectrum have registered discomfort
with at least some aspects of this cultural