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In the spirit of Buzzfeed and Murray's Coming Apart quiz on how thick your bubble is, what're your best questions for assessing Red Tribe vs Blue Tribe American membership accurately. I've thought of a few, wandering what everyone would add. I'm aiming more for questions that get at the cultural attitudes and feelings that underly tribal membership, rather than political positions questions, which I feel are more vulnerable to lies. So far I've got for examples and formatting, I'm setting Red as Positive and Blue as Negative, the higher your score the Redder you are:
Do you drive a car with a V8 engine?
Yes (+2), No (0), Yes but it's not my daily driver (+4), I don't know (-8), I don't drive (-2)
How often do you go to church?
About as often as I'd like (+1), less often than I'd like (+4), more often than I'd like (-4)
What is the biggest reason you prefer to buy things made in America?
They are higher quality (+4), workers are paid a fair wage (+1), it's important that we make as much as possible at home (+2), I don't prefer things made in America (-2)
How large a raise would you need to be offered to do your job in a foreign country for two years, assuming that your standard of living would remain more or less the same while you were there?
50% or more (+4), 25-50% (+2), 0-25% (-2), I would do it for less than I'm making now (-4)
Just say "Trump" and their reaction should be enough.
Any positive reaction: clearly red tribe.
Uncertainty or confusion: gray tribe.
Any negative reaction: clearly blue tribe.
I think that most of the members of the red tribe will have a positive or neutral reaction to Trump, but that is about all it tells you.
Scott Alexander, as firmly part of the grey tribe as anyone could be, spent thousands of words to persuade republicans not to vote for Trump. Should I suspect that he is crypto-woke?
I consider myself part of the grey tribe and my reaction to Trump is mostly negative.
There are prominent republicans opposing Trump, does that make them blue tribe?
Indubitably yes! Remember that the red/blue split was not supposed to cleave on party affiliation or even ideology, but cultural affiliation. A republican from, say, the northeast, who comes from money and lives on an estate is going to be blue tribe almost without fail.
On the other hand, Cheney and Romney.
Cheney and Romney are the prototypical examples of Blue Tribe Republicans.
Cheney shot someone. Does that make him more or less red tribe?
More: He used his shotgun to shoot something on a hunting trip.
Less: He (hopefully) missed his real target. (ETA: And shot someone without killing him.)
Less. Bird bunting is a common wealthy blue tribe activity. More if he had been deer hunting.
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