Lol, name one Republican policy or proposed legislation designed to benefit the working class? It's pure idpol at this point from both parties.
Trump has a few policies that the working class thinks helps them:
- Steel etc tariffs
- Cutting taxes
- Stopping immigration
- Keeping fossil fuels alive
More the rural and suburban better off working class, not everyone.
Trump's anti-free trade rhetoric and protectionist policies, no matter how ineffective, have a very, very real appeal to a lot of people in the Rust Belt and should absolutely not be discounted. It's the entire reason the past two elections have literally been decided by a narrow swathe of a few hundred thousand votes stretching from Wisconsin to Pennsylvania.
Yeah, I grew up in the middle of all that and sort of still live in it and those jobs aren't coming back. Look at the Foxconn debacle. Shit, 40% of jobs at the big 3 plants in Detroit are filled with temp labor. Republicans aren't exactly pro union.
The Dems turned on their working class roots the minute the Clintons came into the picture. Bill Clinton and Joe Biden were really the face of the 'New Democrats' in the 90s when they began this transition. I'd say it's complete now with how poorly they've done with lower income households in this election. 2024 is going to get ugly for them.
I feel like it started back in 1972. McGovern losing 49 states really broke an entire generation of democrats. You can see it on productionvswagecompensation.png and the million other charts that diverge right around then.
These people are fucking stupid. How are they the party of white women when white women voted for trump?
The party of I'm not paying any attention till I get red baited in the primaries.
God damn the dems did awful in the house
