Despite what Democrats say, working-class support for Donald Trump is complicated and nuanced. Some could never be won over to a populist economic program. Others, though, are still reachable — and there are just enough of them to win elections.
  • madcaesar@lemmy.world
    15·
    4 days ago

    The problem with Democrats is that they don’t even acknowledge that there is a problem.

    Blue collar people are struggling and the economy has failed them, hell the economy has failed everyone except the 1% to a certain extend.

    Democrats need to fight for the people and acknowledge the problem becuase right now it’s only Trump that has done so. The problem is that his only solution is rounding up brown and trans people and stealing as much as he can for himself…

    • overthere@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      9·
      4 days ago

      They did acknowledge the problem in 2008, when Obama ran the first time and the support from the working class (and other non-1%) was good. Then he quickly turned into a status quo democrat and they haven’t tried it again since.

  • LovingHippieCat@lemmy.world
    7·
    4 days ago

    Seems very much like concentrating on voters like those who supported both AOC and Trump. Supposedly fine with progressive policies but just wanting someone “real” who is seemingly willing to fight for them.

    Also it’s always so fascinating to see how articles like this frequently talk about these Trump voters who are winnable because they support a ton of progressive policies but many continue to vote for Republicans despite them wanting to work against those very policies they supposedly support. The cognitive dissonance is truly astounding.