What Swing Working-Class Voters in Battleground States Are Thinking

[babylonsister]

What Swing Working-Class Voters in Battleground States Are Thinking
Working America, an AFL-CIO community-based political program, finds ‘persuadable’ voters are open to at least some progressive policies.
by Marcia Brown
February 4, 2020


A survey from Working America found that only 77 percent of those who voted for Trump in 2016 will vote for him again.

Almost half of “persuadable” voters think that President Donald Trump has made no difference in their lives since his term began, according to new survey results of working-class communities in the battleground states of Arizona, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin released today by Working America, an advocacy arm of the AFL-CIO.

The report also indicated that those who voted third-party in 2016 are now “more than twice as likely to pick the Democratic nominee as they are to stick with a third party.” Also notable is that 86 percent of those who supported Hillary Clinton in 2016 say they will support the 2020 Democratic nominee, but only 77 percent of those who voted for Trump in 2016 will vote for him again.

Released on the day of the Iowa caucuses, the report could offer hope to the future Democratic nominee that it’s possible to win over some key voters who cast their ballots for Trump in 2016.

The survey, conducted from December 17, 2019, to January 17, 2020, shows the results of interviews with 1,153 “persuadable and Democratic-leaning infrequent voters.” Working America also re-interviewed 1,920 voters that the group has tracked since the 2016 cycle from January 3 through January 8, 2020. Canvassers for what Working America calls its “Front Porch Focus Group” said on a press call that those interviewed showed strong inclination toward supporting Democratic issues, even if they previously voted for Trump.

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https://prospect.org/politics/what-swing-working-class-voters-in-battleground-states-are-thinking/

[Coventina]

1. "ONLY 77 percent"?!?!?

Fuck those people.

[Dream Girl]

2. Racism and misogyny are powerful

[Wounded Bear]

3. Perhaps there is yet hope...nt

[cbdo2007]

4. This is why Bloomberg is running as Dem rather than 3rd party

He has better chance than anyone of getting the angry Trump voters to switch over to the other side

[kcr]

5. 77 percent will still vote for him

It's obvious that much bigger gains are to be had from energizing our own larger base instead of relying on that fickle 23 percent and pandering to them while alienating our own.

[MoonlitKnight]

6. This

Turn out the base.

[lagomorph777]

7. "What Swing Working-Class Voters in Battleground States Are Thinking"

Who gives a flying fuck what the bigots are thinking? We need to start persuading our own team to get off our asses and vote!

I'm so sick of seeing the same headline every week since 2016!

[Aristus]

8. Wait; they're disappointed that a sleazy real estate salesman from New York City

with a track record of bankruptcies and unpaid contractor bills didn't help make their lives better than they were four years ago?

I'm shocked.

This is my shocked-face: