Editing Upper middle class (section)

===Values===
Political ideology is not found to be correlated with [[social class]]; however, a statistical relationship is seen between the level of one's educational attainment and one's likelihood of subscribing to a particular political ideology. In terms of income, liberals tend to be tied with pro-business conservatives.<ref name="Pew Research Center. (10 May 2005). Beyond Red vs. Blue.">{{cite web|url=http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?PageID=945|title=Pew Research Center. (10 May 2005). Beyond Red vs. Blue.|access-date=12 July 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070502060658/http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?PageID=945|archive-date=2 May 2007|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Most [[mass affluent]] households tend to be more [[right-wing politics|right]]-leaning on fiscal issues but more [[left-wing politics|left]]-leaning on social issues.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Arora |first1=Raksha |last2=Saad |first2=Lydia |date=9 December 2004 |title=Marketing to the Mass Affluent |url=http://gmj.gallup.com/content/14293/Marketing-Mass-Affluent.aspx |work=Gallup Management Journal |publisher=Gallup Press |access-date=19 July 2007}}</ref> The majority, between 50% and 60%, of households with incomes above $50,000 overall, not all of whom are upper middle class,{{sfn|Gilbert|1998}} supported the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] in the 2000, 2004, and 2006 elections.<ref name="CNN. (2000). Exit Poll.">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2000/results/index.epolls.html|title=CNN. (2000). Exit Poll.|access-date=27 May 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080522172142/http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2000/results/index.epolls.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 22 May 2008}}</ref><ref name="CNN. (2004). Exit Poll.">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/US/P/00/epolls.0.html|title=CNN. (2004). Exit Poll.|access-date=27 May 2008}}</ref> Those with postgraduate degrees who work in academia statistically favor the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].<ref name="CNN. (2004). Exit Poll." /><ref>[http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/polls/#val=USP00p1 "Exit Polls"], CNN.com, 2008.</ref><ref name="CNN. (2006). Exit Poll.">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/states/US/H/00/epolls.0.html|title=CNN. (2006). Exit Poll.|access-date=11 July 2007}}</ref> For example, in 2005, 72% of surveyed full-time faculty members at four-year institutions, the majority of whom would be considered upper middle class,{{sfn|Thompson|Hickey|2005}} identified themselves as liberal.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kurtz |first=Howard |author-link=Howard Kurtz |date=29 March 2005 |title=College Faculties a Most Liberal Lot, Study Finds |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8427-2005Mar28.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=2 July 2007}}</ref>

The upper middle class is often the dominant group to shape society and bring [[social movements]] to the forefront. Movements such as the [[peace movement]], the [[anti-nuclear movement]], [[environmentalism]], the [[anti-smoking movement]], and even in the past with [[blue law]]s and the [[temperance movement]] have been in large part (although not solely), products of the upper middle class. Some claim this is because this is the largest class (and the lowest class) with any true political power for change, while others claim some of the more restrictive social movements (such as with smoking and drinking) are based upon "saving people from themselves."{{sfn|Ehrenreich|1989}}