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In reply to the discussion: You guys can't keep doing this. Working class white man here. [View all]liberalmuse
(18,881 posts)I am acquainted with a few of them. They are also racist, and oddly enough, a few of them are either drawing full disability or have drawn it in the past. They all tend to bring up how "Mexicans" and "immigrants" are ruining this country, even in the most mundane conversations. I'm not exaggerating. Racist, self-proclaimed "Christians" elected this goon. I hate to break it to them, but if Jesus existed, he probably looked more like Osama Bin Laden than Brad Pitt. I really do think Trump is their Bible's anti-Christ. He is despised by most people on the planet, but not by Evangelicals, and after all, the Biblical message is specifically for Christians. They might want to read "Revelations" a few more times.
My maternal family are all true blue collar working class. All my uncles vote straight Democratic ticket. My 98 year old grandma went to the polls Tuesday and voted. She also works at her local campaign office in Ohio. On the other side of the family, my upper middle class paternal aunt and her husband (former Mormon) vote Democratic as well. The only one in the family who voted for Trump is an Evangelical cousin who has really gone off the deep end (burying guns in the back yard to keep them safe from Pres. Obama). She wasn't even into guns or any of this stuff until she became "born again".
The bottom line is, many working class white people vote Democratic. Religious affiliation dictates more how people are going to vote than anything else. If anyone here has ever been to an Evangelical service, you've probably witnessed the pastor preaching right-wing politics from the pulpit. I know I have on more than a few occasions.