Commonsense Solidarity: How a Working-Class Coalition Can Be Built, and Maintained

[Bubba]

I read an article about this survey in a NY Times daily e-mail. I haven't read the actual survey (linked below) but the survey results provide plenty of food for thought.

https://jacobinmag.com/2021/11/common-s ... c9f306a005

[XtremeJibber2001]

I read an article about this survey in a NY Times daily e-mail. I haven't read the actual survey (linked below) but the survey results provide plenty of food for thought.

https://jacobinmag.com/2021/11/common-s ... c9f306a005

This is where Trump really succeeded.

Working-class voters prefer progressive candidates who focus primarily on bread-and-butter economic issues, and who frame those issues in universal terms. This is especially true outside deep-blue parts of the country. Candidates who prioritized bread-and-butter issues (jobs, health care, the economy), and presented them in plainspoken, universalist rhetoric, performed significantly better than those who had other priorities or used other language. This general pattern was even more dramatic in rural and small-town areas, where Democrats have struggled in recent years.

Even though his policy did not greatly benefit the working class.

The working class makes up by far the largest share of the American electorate. In 2020, 63% of voters did not have college degrees, and 74% of voters came from households making less than $100,000 a year. In the wake of the New Deal, these relatively less educated, lower-income voters became loyal Democrats. But since the 1970s, and more rapidly in the last decade, the working class has drifted away from the Democratic Party. Looking to the future, it is difficult to imagine a victorious progressive coalition that does not reverse this trend and ultimately incorporate a much larger share of working-class voters.

[Bigjohnski]

the voters of Virginia disagree

[Bubba]

the voters of Virginia disagree

You obviously (as expected) didn't read any of the information. Here, so even YOU can't miss it...

This century, blue-collar swing voters helped elect Barack Obama twice, Donald Trump once and Joe Biden in 2020. They have also played a deciding role in congressional and state elections, including in Virginia last week.

[easyrider16]

Bill Clinton, whatever you may think of his flaws, was a truly gifted politician. His campaign put it succinctly - it's the economy, stupid. Both sides right now seem caught up in the BS social justice issues when all people want is somebody to keep the trains running on time, and otherwise to leave them the hell alone.

[Bigjohnski]

Bull Clinton was impeached btw and he just rode the Newt Gingrich wave of republican economic success

[Bigjohnski]

the voters of Virginia disagree

You obviously (as expected) didn't read any of the information. Here, so even YOU can't miss it...

This century, blue-collar swing voters helped elect Barack Obama twice, Donald Trump once and Joe Biden in 2020. They have also played a deciding role in congressional and state elections, including in Virginia last week.

nice add in to the article bubble