hyphenation

I think it should be one compound adjective, since "urban" is not an adverb. So I believe it should be "urban-middle-class views" but you could avoid this by using middle class as a noun as in "urban middle class' views." My two cents, but I would be curious to see what other native speakers think.

I would say urban, middle-class views.

"Middle-class" should definitely be hyphenated coming before a noun.

If you are contrasting those middle-class views between urbanites and other areas, then something like "The Urban-middle-class views are generally more liberal than the rural-middle-class views expressed to the pollsters" could work.

I think you have a no-win situation. "Middle-class" alone would obviously take a hyphen. When you try to piggyback "urban", to speak of a group you have previously defined as the urban middle class as distinct from, say, the rural middle class, you need a mark of punctuation like a hyphen that outranks the hyphen, because otherwise the reader sees "urban-middle". I would use an en dash in place of

Sorry, I have to rebut that. The en-dash is used to show duration, as a substitute for the word "through."
7–9 p.m.

It's not a "super-hyphen."

Grammar GeekSorry, I have to rebut that. The en-dash is used to show duration, as a substitute for the word "through."7–9 p.m.It's not a "super-hyphen."

You would think so, but, from the Chicago, 15th Edition:

"The en dash is used in place of a hyphen in compound adjectives when one of its elements is an open compound or when two or more of its

I've seen those examples. It's such a rare use that people will think you had a typesetting error, epecially if you go word-endash-word-hyhen-word.

I think in this situation (and I readily grant you it's just my opinion) the strangeness of the mixed punctuation trumps in the strangeness round and needs to be avoided. Rewrite if you have to, or use the double-hyphen of "urban-middle-class,