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Showing Original Post only (View all)2024: 69% of White men, no degree, voted Krasnov. [View all]
White women, no degree, were not much better, Krasnov 63-35
https://www.cnn.com/election/2024/exit-polls/national-results/general/president/
The White working class are not our base, and won't be coming back in numbers for one outstanding reason -
If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you. - Lyndon Baines Johnson
We should advocate raising the minimum wage, strengthening Unions and defending Medicaid because it is the right thing to do, not because it will win those voters back;
Far more encouraging the is the movement of White college educated voters towards the Democratic Party.
White women, college degree, Harris 58-42
White men, college degree, Krasnov 50-48.
March 2025 - Senator Sanders said the working class are the future of the Democratic Party
https://tinyurl.com/2vczaj7r
He is wrong. No there is no class divide amongst Voters of Color
Voters of Color, no degree, Harris 64-34
Voters of Color, college degree, Harris 65-32
The exodus of the white working class from the Democratic Party got underway with the Reagan Democrats, and has continued ever since. Bernie is pining for the good old days, but they are not coming back. "Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." We can't out compete the Republicans on hate.
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The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern. Lord Acton
Ping Tung
Aug 2025
#3
I was working on my senior move job and found a brochure when we were cleaning out a house
kimbutgar
Aug 2025
#8
Agree 100%. The inability of Dems to counter the flood of constant bullshit and LIES
NoMoreRepugs
Aug 2025
#36
Exit polls are also propaganda, only done in only TEN states, NOT CA or NY. Lies IMO.
lostnfound
Aug 2025
#60
Because the right-wing worked long and hard during the Obama years to use racism to attract voters.
betsuni
Aug 2025
#19
so Obama played "Republicans buy sneakers, too" and won a landslide in 08 and comfortably in 12
WarGamer
Aug 2025
#44
Code talk in what way? Maybe I know, without knowing what you're saying...
electric_blue68
Aug 2025
#57
Or 75% of the electorate knew either none of that or didn't care. He was a Black person to them
progree
Aug 2025
#59
TACO also did relatively well with Hispanic and AAPI working class voters.
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2025
#33
They are a special type of human requiring both cruelty and stupidity in equal quantities as far as I'm concerned.
Karasu
Aug 2025
#48
Sadly, I'd have to agree. We lost the working class. Bernie is going to be sad.
mucholderthandirt
Aug 2025
#63