I kinda like this joke, and there’s some truth in it, but I don’t understand why Republicans keep thinking that Democrats are set on Hillary Clinton. Earth calling Bok, we’re approaching Planet 2019!
The working class deplorables have been in the Republican party for a LONG time. The Southern Strategy started the demonization of the “other” that the deplorables were told were taking their jobs, not working and living well on government handouts. They used to use “dog whistles” but now the Repubs and the deplorables flaunt their racism and hatred proudly
When we asked 4,035 working-class voters in battleground races to name an elected official who was fighting for them, the top response was not a Republican or a Democrat. It was “no one.”
That goes a long way toward explaining why debates among political elites about the strategic direction Democrats must take to win in 2018 and 2020 continue to miss the point. Should Democrats pursue moderate or liberal policies? Should they persuade white working-class voters or mobilize a diverse base? These arguments feel utterly irrelevant to the daily choices of working-class voters.
How do we know? Since Donald Trump’s election, my organization, Working America, a political organizing arm of the A.F.L.-C.I.O., has spoken with 450,000 voters across 17 states. The overwhelming sentiment from these conversations was captured by an African-American voter in central Ohio named Carol (the voters’ last names weren’t provided). Asked to consider the difference in her economic well-being when Democrats are in power versus Republicans, she replied, “Does it even matter?”
gammaguy over 5 years ago
Civility vvhores.
retpost over 5 years ago
Make them bobble heads and trump will take them.
Ivan Araque over 5 years ago
I kinda like this joke, and there’s some truth in it, but I don’t understand why Republicans keep thinking that Democrats are set on Hillary Clinton. Earth calling Bok, we’re approaching Planet 2019!
Nantucket Premium Member over 5 years ago
The working class deplorables have been in the Republican party for a LONG time. The Southern Strategy started the demonization of the “other” that the deplorables were told were taking their jobs, not working and living well on government handouts. They used to use “dog whistles” but now the Repubs and the deplorables flaunt their racism and hatred proudly
superposition over 5 years ago
When you dig deeper …
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When we asked 4,035 working-class voters in battleground races to name an elected official who was fighting for them, the top response was not a Republican or a Democrat. It was “no one.”
That goes a long way toward explaining why debates among political elites about the strategic direction Democrats must take to win in 2018 and 2020 continue to miss the point. Should Democrats pursue moderate or liberal policies? Should they persuade white working-class voters or mobilize a diverse base? These arguments feel utterly irrelevant to the daily choices of working-class voters.
How do we know? Since Donald Trump’s election, my organization, Working America, a political organizing arm of the A.F.L.-C.I.O., has spoken with 450,000 voters across 17 states. The overwhelming sentiment from these conversations was captured by an African-American voter in central Ohio named Carol (the voters’ last names weren’t provided). Asked to consider the difference in her economic well-being when Democrats are in power versus Republicans, she replied, “Does it even matter?”
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/opinion/democrats-unions-working-class-voters-.html
(emphasis added)