evidence: Brahmin Left Versus Merchant Right: Changing Political Cleavages in 21 Western Democracies, 1948–2020* , [...] In India's traditional caste system, upper castes were divided into Brahmins (priests, intellectuals) and Kshatryas/Vaishyas (warriors, merchants, tradesmen), a division that modern political conflicts in Western democracies seem to follow to some extent. [...] Replication Data for: ‘Brahmin Left versus Merchant Right: Changing Political Cleavages in 21 Western Democracies, 1948–2020 ,"