In 2016 Chuck Schumer said that for every blue collar white we lose we gain 2 moderate republican in the suburbs. Many people say that was a bad strategy after 2016 and Dems should focus on getting back the white working class. However I think he was right in the long term even if it failed in 2016.
After 2024 there is so much focus on getting back young men, I think Dems should focus on where on the demographic that they are improving on which are older college educated people.
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Flashy_Upstairs9004 on
Yeah, legit, they want republican rhetoric, let them enjoy right to work nationwide.
NewDealAppreciator on
I am so sick of hearing about the “working class” when people really mean the “white working class”
Just don’t oppose tariffs, and they’ll come back. We learned first hand that there is no amount of rhetoric or policy proposals that can dig you out of the hole created by high prices. Let them see what an uninhibited Trump America really looks like and MAGA will dig their own grave just like the Neocons did
ONETRILLIONAMERICANS on
We can’t abandon them in a two-party system unfortunately. We have to fight for a majority. This will mean adopting bad policy but it’s better than losing to fascists
MemeStarNation on
This is an awful idea. Slightly more than a third of the US has a degree. If we try and win by appealing only to a highly motivated core base, we will lose. It is entirely a rhetoric game- offer voters something new and frame it as them vs. wealthy elites, and they will listen.
RetroRiboflavin on
Maybe the problem was Biden and everything his administration came to be associated with?
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In 2016 Chuck Schumer said that for every blue collar white we lose we gain 2 moderate republican in the suburbs. Many people say that was a bad strategy after 2016 and Dems should focus on getting back the white working class. However I think he was right in the long term even if it failed in 2016.
After 2024 there is so much focus on getting back young men, I think Dems should focus on where on the demographic that they are improving on which are older college educated people.
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Yeah, legit, they want republican rhetoric, let them enjoy right to work nationwide.
I am so sick of hearing about the “working class” when people really mean the “white working class”
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Just don’t oppose tariffs, and they’ll come back. We learned first hand that there is no amount of rhetoric or policy proposals that can dig you out of the hole created by high prices. Let them see what an uninhibited Trump America really looks like and MAGA will dig their own grave just like the Neocons did
We can’t abandon them in a two-party system unfortunately. We have to fight for a majority. This will mean adopting bad policy but it’s better than losing to fascists
This is an awful idea. Slightly more than a third of the US has a degree. If we try and win by appealing only to a highly motivated core base, we will lose. It is entirely a rhetoric game- offer voters something new and frame it as them vs. wealthy elites, and they will listen.
Maybe the problem was Biden and everything his administration came to be associated with?