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In reply to the discussion: How the Democrats Lost the Working Class (NYT) [View all]Kid Berwyn
(18,502 posts)39. Please share. I need data.
From what I have gathered, the numbers showed me people did not understand who best supported their interests over the past 50 years and would do so in the future. Instead, a majority of males voted for a male including Hispanic men, to my personal shame.
We took advantage of the attention when Joe dropped out after the debate. Our teams messaging was working and we were dominating the airwaves. That is, it was that way until the pros came in. Then it was back to Poor Baby Donald 24/7 all over ABCNNBCBSFakeNoiseNutworks.
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Many of us simply want an affordable ev. We cannot afford to prop up the US auto industry.
delisen
Saturday
#41
Free trade benefits the majority. How do you stop globalization? AI is going to exacerbate things. This article has good
OrlandoDem2
Saturday
#3
No it doesn't benefit folks period. Cheap shit has been largely responsible for the
Demsrule86
Saturday
#44
MSM is going to preach to us, again, telling us what we are thinking. Well, I'm not blaming Dems for a sham election
yaesu
Saturday
#4
Robert Reich is one of the main reasons Clinton lost in 2016. His and a few other Democrats constant bashing of
Silent Type
Saturday
#6
We need a lot more serious industrial policy in this country. The problem is...
keep_left
Saturday
#11
Thank-you. Exactly. They are going to pay for their foolishness just as they did when they voted for Reagan, only this
JohnSJ
Saturday
#49
We could have fought those by flooding the airways with "weird" and "smelly."
Scrivener7
Saturday
#30
I never understood why it took a Republican (Trump) to double the standard tax deduction.
PeaceWave
Saturday
#23
Irony Alert: The NYT has never written for those whom they label " the working class."- They just write about them.
delisen
Saturday
#38
"The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern." Lord Acton
Ping Tung
Saturday
#45
Reich's a big believer in the left-leaning populist BS that Democrats ignore-hate unions and the white working class,
betsuni
Saturday
#55
Biden has done nothing but enact policies geared toward the working class. I've said this before.
In It to Win It
Saturday
#56
Please tell me what have the republicans done for the working man in the last 40 years
Keepthesoulalive
Sunday
#60
As if 40 years of Republican trickle down economics has been fantastic for the working class!
betsuni
Sunday
#61