Even with W, there was a huge “smart sounding” = coastal elite narrative going with their: he looks like a guy you could have a beer with. Which apparently is more important than not kneecapping your union, demolishing the economy, or starting illegal wars
Working class people tend to be less-educated, live in more rural areas, be a part of less-diverse communities, and be prone to accept authority figures. And the GOP has spent a half-century trying to convince that exact group that every problem they’re experiencing is actually the opposite. So they vote against their best interests in election after election, and then the people they voted for successfully convince them that the Democrats actually torpedoed it all and they could’ve actually made everything better if they just had one more term…rinse and repeat across 25+ election cycles.
I don’t understand how the working class folks “shifted” to Democratic party.
Haven’t the democrats been the working class party all along?
Even with W, there was a huge “smart sounding” = coastal elite narrative going with their: he looks like a guy you could have a beer with. Which apparently is more important than not kneecapping your union, demolishing the economy, or starting illegal wars
Working class people tend to be less-educated, live in more rural areas, be a part of less-diverse communities, and be prone to accept authority figures. And the GOP has spent a half-century trying to convince that exact group that every problem they’re experiencing is actually the opposite. So they vote against their best interests in election after election, and then the people they voted for successfully convince them that the Democrats actually torpedoed it all and they could’ve actually made everything better if they just had one more term…rinse and repeat across 25+ election cycles.
I think the working class is much broader than that, and part of our problem is this perception.