I don't know anyone who slots into his caricature, myself. Maybe he does. I don't think they're exactly filling the world.

Hopefully you are correct, but I can tell you first hand that they are filling Orange County, CA. Possibly you need to be the rebellious child of privileged conservatives to turn out as poorly as outlined in Thompson's article, but I can certainly vouch for their existence in numbers. Personally, I am currently attempting to find a place where the liberals have more grey matter (like so many of my friends on LJ) in an attempt to escape the crowd that gets its talking points from Green Day lyrics.