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Proud liberal 80

(4,167 posts) Sun Nov 6, 2016, 08:56 PM Nov 2016

Watching hardball right now

He is wondering why democrats can't win white working class Americans.It's because a lot of them aren't voting on economics. They are voting because of racism, sexism, homophobia,etc...they don't want the "other" to succeed. They have been tricked in voting for republicans since Reagan. And that has cost them their union jobs.

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Watching hardball right now (Original Post) Proud liberal 80 Nov 2016 OP

Those explanations ignore the fact that there are "white working class Americans" in blue states. Warren DeMontague Nov 2016 #1

You are right Proud liberal 80 Nov 2016 #3

Tweety kissed raygun's ass *first* UTUSN Nov 2016 #5

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)

1. Those explanations ignore the fact that there are "white working class Americans" in blue states.

Reply to Proud liberal 80 (Original post)

Sun Nov 6, 2016, 08:59 PM

Nov 2016

Plenty of White Working Class Americans vote for Democrats in states like California and Oregon.

So maybe the problem isn't demographics so much as geography.

Proud liberal 80

(4,167 posts)

3. You are right

Reply to Warren DeMontague (Reply #1)

Sun Nov 6, 2016, 09:01 PM

Nov 2016

I could have been more specific

UTUSN

(70,647 posts)

5. Tweety kissed raygun's ass *first*

Reply to Proud liberal 80 (Original post)

Sun Nov 6, 2016, 09:23 PM

Nov 2016

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