Gallup last week released a survey showing that “[31] percent of Americans describe their views on social issues as generally liberal, matching the percentage who identify as social conservatives for the first time in Gallup records dating back to 1999.” We’ve come a long way since the late 1990s, when everyone rushed to extoll their family values and sexual morals to contrast themselves with the notorious, sex-having Bill Clinton.

More Americans are calling themselves “social liberals.” On economics, though, it’s still an ugly picture