Alpine County, CA

[Napoleon]

The typical ski coach is some guy which grew in a city and loved ski and so moved in a ski resort and got a job to fund his passion.

And even more importantly here, the city the ski or snowboard instructor (snowboarding is more popular than skiing these days) would have came from would be the Bay Area. Making them even more likely to be Democrat and hold very socially liberal views.

And if not from the Bay Area, he would be from Denver or Boulder - I got your point.
However - what percentage of the total resort population are we talking about here? Probably less than 5%, so there must be other factors at work as well.

There aren't many people actually living there and even less are voting. You'll have your hotels and food service but those are also Democratic-leaning constituencies.

[Napoleon]

I don't deny that most skiers/snowboarders don't come from lower income, but one must face reality that, like golf and tennis, is now solidly middle-class.

The concept that 'drifter kids of the people who visit there' is in any way a measurable demographic of ski towns.......wowzers.

What? Golf or tennis is middle class? Talk about woefully out of touch. How many people making $50k a year do you actually know? Outside of retired people, they're both still games played only by the upper middle class and rich people.

To be fair, people making $50 thousand a year are no longer middle class.

Most suburban white families are going to be taking in over $50,000. Skiing, golf and tennis are all middle class recreation activities in America. The wealthy spend their time at Pequot.