If there is one thing everybody knows about Wall Street, it is that the boys in the pinstripe suits reliably support the Republican Party—the party that offers to cut their taxes and lighten their regulatory load. It is one of those things that everybody knows that isn’t true.
In reality, Wall Street has been trending Democratic for decades, for reasons that are not difficult to guess.
Kevin D. Williamson is national correspondent at The Dispatch and is based in Virginia. Prior to joining the company in 2022, he spent 15 years as a writer and editor at National Review, worked as the theater critic at the New Criterion, and had a long career in local newspapers. He is also a writer in residence at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. When Kevin is not reporting on the world outside Washington for his Wanderland newsletter, you can find him at the rifle range or reading a book about literally almost anything other than politics.
