How well-informed is this person?

[Simfan34]

-Reads the newspaper, a top-tier local paper like the LA Times or Chicago Tribune, on the commute to work daily, perhaps these days on his iPad
-Watches NBC Nightly News every evening, and one or two Sunday morning talk shows before Sunday breakfast/going to church
-Reads Time magazine or similar each week
-Reads 2-3 books a month
-Graduated cum laude from a first-rate state college
-Has a household income of $90,000, two kids and a renovated 1930s house in the inner suburbs of his metropolitan area (convenient to take the train to work and getting into the city-- not entirely sure why this is relevant)

Is this person well informed? Relative to the average voter? Relative to people with a similar profile? Relative to Atlas' expectations? How would they probably vote?

[Simfan34]

Certainly more informed than the average person.

As for how they would vote, you left out crucial variables such as race/ethnicity, age, gender and religion/religiosity.

White, Male, early middle age, mainline protestant, moderately religious.

[Simfan34]

By mainline I more so mean "generic protestant", although he could very well be Catholic. It's not overly determinative. And he's not meant to be that rich. The average White household income is $79k, while Asian household income is $90k. He's not Asian, but it's middle-upper-middle class, or so I intended.

[Simfan34]

Definitely more of a CPA, not a public employee.

The house was affordable, that's all I'll say. Under 400k. Perhaps he got more house and renovated it himself (cost-effective!) These are examples:

https://goo.gl/maps/2NuwgHCPhsm

https://goo.gl/maps/qCM1gt77L3m

https://goo.gl/maps/k8Nn7EZfCGL2

https://goo.gl/maps/4sJTeACcEtM2 (just to demonstrate how hypothetical this person is)

[Simfan34]

Sounds like some sort of an awful normie "fiscally conservative, socially liberal" type.

"Normie"?

-Reads the newspaper, a top-tier local paper like the LA Times or Chicago Tribune, on the commute to work daily, perhaps these days on his iPad
-Watches NBC Nightly News every evening, and one or two Sunday morning talk shows before Sunday breakfast/going to church
-Reads Time magazine or similar each week
-Reads 2-3 books a month
-Graduated cum laude from a first-rate state college
-Has a household income of $90,000, two kids and a renovated 1930s house in the inner suburbs of his metropolitan area (convenient to take the train to work and getting into the city-- not entirely sure why this is relevant)

Is this person well informed? Relative to the average voter? Relative to people with a similar profile? Relative to Atlas' expectations? How would they probably vote?

Sounds like the type of guy that brings his wino of a wife to the fancy chinese restaurant that no Chinese people work at.

http://chefho.com/

http://www.shanghaijazz.com/



I'm curious-- why is his wife assumed to be a wino?