Of the various Republican constituencies, they might be the most amenable to Democratic persuasion.
white working class
Posted inPolitical Animal
Trump’s Home Base: The Insurgents
The president believes that he is fighting a ‘culture war’ on behalf of his white working class supporters.
Posted inMain, Politics
The White Working Class Does Not Like Greedy Government Contractors
Targeting the government’s addiction to private contractors is good policy and good politics.
Posted inPolitical Animal
The White Working Class Wants to Thrive, Not to Receive Palliative Care
The white working class wants to thrive again.
Posted inPolitics
The Straw Man Argument About the Election that Won’t Die
Yes, Trump won because of support from the white working class. Democrats need to face that uncomfortable fact.
Posted inPolitical Animal
The Democrats Need a Paradigm Shift
The Democrats need a solution that sells out no one.
Posted inPolitical Animal
A Flaw in Too Much of Our Political Analysis: The Default Is White
Understanding why working class Hispanics vote differently than working class whites opens up whole new avenues of inquiry.
Posted inPolitical Animal
The Democrats Lost the ‘Poorly Educated’ and They Need Them Back
People without college degrees used to split their votes until they met Trump.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Addressing the Cultural Anxiety of the White Working Class
The white working class wants economic opportunity and self-respect more than income redistribution and free college.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Can Democrats Win Back Obama-Trump Voters?
The GOP is demonstrating that their sole focus is on serving the elite.
