'Coastal elite' is a not-so-obscure reference to primarily intellectual, educated, economically advantaged, people in states like Washington, Oregon, California, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania. They happen to be overwhelmingly Euro-American, preponderantly supportong a Classical Liberal, Progressive, Civic Nationialist and Cultural Nationalist political ideology and are mostly Democrats with a few "Rockefeller Republicans".

'Coastal Elite' in this context is a not-so-obscure reference to primarily intellectual, educated, economically advantaged, people in states like Washington, Oregon, California, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania and Florida. They happen to be overwhelmingly Euro-American, preponderantly socially moderate or liberal, and mostly Democrats with a few "Rockefeller Republicans".