What’s more important to you- social policy or economic policy?

Thinking about how the latest French General election would have played out had it been in the UK.

Lefties: would you have voted for the economically right wing but socially liberal Macron

Rightists: would you have voted for the economically left wing but socially conservative le pen.

If so why/ why not?

I think this sort of divergence is going to become increasingly the norm. In a sense the big debates are going to be between classical liberals and left leaning nationalists/ conservatives

Both are interlinked...
You cant seperate them.

Think the framing of your question is wrong.

You cant apply the circumstances of french politics to the UK.

Conservatives have won 3 elections in a row

Whilst the last french candidate didnt even run for reelection

I don’t see why not.

So what?

David Cameron didn’t run for re-election either

Thinking about how the latest French General election would have played out had it been in the UK.

Lefties: would you have voted for the economically right wing but socially liberal Macron

Rightists: would you have voted for the economically left wing but socially conservative le pen.

If so why/ why not?

I think this sort of divergence is going to become increasingly the norm. In a sense the big debates are going to be between classical liberals and left leaning nationalists/ conservatives

Economic policy is much more important to me mainly because its harder to change than a social policy, which being very emotive means you can normally change peoples minds more easily.

I think your question choices are misguided. being on the left or right are economic, not social positions. While they are sometimes used for a social choice when you are talking about both economic and social policy its good to keep the two separate into 2 dimensions.

I would of voted... uh im not sure. Probably macron but i hate his economics still. Not economically right wing at all. At Least not for a Libertarian like me.

Social policy is more emotive and so therefore more easy to influence?

I disagree, having studied political psychology. People’s ideologies and world views are wrapped just as much in beliefs about social policy as economic policy. Also economic policy is just as “emotive”.

Clearly Incorrect, the public mood on social policy changes with the wind. Normally on recent events. let's say you have a referenda on the death penalty not long after a controversially short sentence was given to a serial rapist or killer. People are much more likely to vote for the death penalty then if they had just heard about Someone in the united states that had just been found innocent after being executed. Timing can have a huge influence on social policy because public mood changes so quickly. convincing someone that complete drug legalisation is a good thing is much easier than trying to turn a socialist into a free market libertarian.

A person’s beliefs about employment support is likely to change with the wind?

That's economic policy, not social policy. Welfare, taxation, regulation etc these are economic position. Drugs, Immigration, Same sex, marriage etc these are social positions

Incorrect, welfare falls under social policy. Google it if you don’t believe me.

"google it if you dont believe me" Well its good to know where you get all your information from. Aside from that you could make the case otherwise but for this purpose its economic because it's about the way the state spends money. even though we disagree on this basis i can still argue the case. yes you could say welfare positions change quickly. talk about how a fat unemployed couple of 9 is getting some stupid amount of money per week and you will likely generate resentment. Talk about how a pensioner died out of not being able to afford heating and it goes the other way. Someone unemployed might be solidly on the side of wanting support but after getting a job for a bit might slowly change his mind again.

In comparison to regulation and taxation, most people hold a position on taxation pretty firmly and the same with regulation, its much harder to change peoples minds. making a socialist more libertarian or authoritarian is easy. making a socialist more capitalist friendly is not.

Incorrect, welfare falls under social policy. Google it if you don’t believe me.

Economic definitely... though given my stance around here, I do care quite a bit about the social side ( though I accept that may not change as much as I hope)
Let’s be honest none of the French candidates were great and now France seems to stuck with someone with a weird mismatch of policies that don’t seem to benefiting anyone ( not like Le Pen would be any better, I don’t think she would know what to do on the national side of things tbh)

Economic policy is much more important to me mainly because its harder to change than a social policy, which being very emotive means you can normally change peoples minds more easily.

I think your question choices are misguided. being on the left or right are economic, not social positions. While they are sometimes used for a social choice when you are talking about both economic and social policy its good to keep the two separate into 2 dimensions.

I would of voted... uh im not sure. Probably macron but i hate his economics still. Not economically right wing at all. At Least not for a Libertarian like me.