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pippin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 10:21 PM Original message |
Why are Blue Collar Workers Republicans? |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because it appeals to the |
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RichV (858 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. Perhaps |
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Jaybird (229 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 10:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. gun rights |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 10:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Patriot Act II Could Take Guns away |
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Jaybird (229 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 11:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. i agree rose n/t |
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Brian Sweat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 12:03 AM Response to Reply #24 |
39. I'm a bleeding heart liberal and I'm proud to say it. |
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Upfront (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 08:59 AM Response to Reply #13 |
57. Gun Rights |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 10:24 PM Response to Reply #57 |
94. Well if they would vote for shit like Bush simply for one propaganda |
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PAMod (651 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 06:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
81. Definitely gun rights for my bro-in-law |
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RandomUser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 05:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
103. Well said |
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KCDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. religion, hon. |
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Nashyra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 10:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Stupidity? |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. Culture issues |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 10:30 PM Original message |
Yep, those are the reasons. |
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KaraokeKarlton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
30. Let them do that...and they WILL lose |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 11:17 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. I agree that it's a dumb issue to base a campaign on, |
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jackcgt (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 02:52 AM Response to Reply #30 |
48. Wrong. Vermont is NOT the same as middle America. n/t |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 07:28 PM Response to Reply #48 |
72. but in my part of middle america |
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RandomUser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 06:53 AM Response to Reply #72 |
109. You're forgetting tactics |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 01:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
43. I agree |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 08:59 PM Response to Reply #43 |
89. And that's why they stay conservative, too |
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cally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. Just to keep the converstation rolling |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 10:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Pick up a copy of C. Vann Woodward's book |
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frank frankly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 01:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
99. you got it right, cally |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
7. Racism, IMO. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
8. Married to a Blue Collar Liberal minded man. Can't really call him |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
9. Do you have any evidence that they are? |
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roughsatori (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. There tends to be a classism on the Liberal Democrat Side |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 10:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Rich White Republicans Mock Poor White Trash Too |
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roughsatori (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 10:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Yes I know they do too, but it would be too easy to blame the Republicans |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 04:36 AM Response to Reply #21 |
52. I regard "white trash" as an attitude |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 08:48 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. "shop at Wal-Mart" |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 04:58 AM Response to Reply #16 |
53. Class-ism AND religion-ism are both |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 10:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. True. Look at how we generally discuss blue-collar people at DU-- |
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roughsatori (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 11:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. discussing the working class as though they were a South Pacific cargocult |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 06:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
69. Thanks--I'm glad you liked it! |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 08:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
75. Q, that is historically accurate, well said, and absolutely true |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 08:56 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. Thanks! |
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jiacinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 12:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
41. I agree with you |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 10:15 AM Response to Reply #41 |
65. Um, as I understand it, |
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RowWellandLive (531 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. I have to ask |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 02:49 AM Response to Reply #12 |
47. But alot of that could get legislated through your state |
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RowWellandLive (531 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 03:27 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. What greater protections do CA workers have? |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 06:37 PM Response to Reply #49 |
82. I agree |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 10:17 AM Response to Reply #12 |
66. Just |
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jiacinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
14. Some theories |
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roughsatori (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 10:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. You may be right about the guns |
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jiacinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 11:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Ok |
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roughsatori (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 11:09 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. The kind of poor folk I come from NEVER talked about taxes |
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RowWellandLive (531 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 03:50 AM Response to Reply #14 |
51. Not only are you right about guns Carlos, |
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jiacinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 05:36 PM Response to Reply #51 |
79. You're welcome |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 10:18 AM Response to Reply #14 |
67. Cultural conservatism, |
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RandomUser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 05:25 AM Response to Reply #67 |
104. For many of them |
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WillyBrandt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
15. Not right |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
17. There is an explanation out there |
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RandomUser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 07:26 AM Response to Reply #17 |
112. I've seen that study |
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WillyBrandt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
19. Southern Strategy |
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jiacinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 11:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Well |
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MrPrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
22. Deep Programming... |
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KAZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 11:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Man! MrPrax nails it. |
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RowWellandLive (531 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 02:43 AM Response to Reply #22 |
46. To say people vote R because they are programmed |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 06:54 PM Response to Reply #46 |
70. I really don't think that is it |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 07:19 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Not all interests are economic. |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 08:26 PM Response to Reply #71 |
86. Good point, but |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 10:02 PM Response to Reply #86 |
92. I quite agree. |
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RandomUser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 06:17 AM Response to Reply #92 |
105. Wrong |
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KAZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
23. It's easier. |
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KaraokeKarlton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
27. Guns |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
33. Cargo Cult and Guns... |
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Cat Atomic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
35. Why not just ask one? |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 11:30 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. There's a few of us here, but not many. |
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Cat Atomic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 11:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Wow. Interesting chart. |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 08:42 AM Response to Reply #36 |
54. Ain't that the truth....Class Warfare starts at home.... |
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Another Bill C. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-03 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
38. The workers went Republican because |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 01:58 AM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Backfired upon! |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 09:27 AM Response to Reply #38 |
60. No, Yes, No |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
40. Look at exit polls |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 02:05 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Yep, Godless and Gunless |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
42. The Politics of Exclusion...they're republican because of what the... |
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einsteins stein (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 03:37 AM Response to Original message |
50. Because Blue collar workers are nationalistic, by default |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 08:56 AM Response to Reply #50 |
56. Cool |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
58. All Republicans have one thing in common: |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
59. Nobody has mentioned "The Mass Psychology of Fascism"... |
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BlueCollar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
61. God, Guns and Gays |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 07:56 PM Response to Reply #61 |
74. ALSO NAFTA AND WTO |
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gdwill (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
62. Because corporation are pro-workers... |
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uptohere (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
63. premise is flawed but the answer is... |
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dusty64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
64. Ignorance and 24/7 |
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CWebster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
68. Because they sense their own powerlessness |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
73. Two factors came together |
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laura888 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 02:55 AM Response to Reply #73 |
78. I think you're dead on |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-20-03 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
76. I think you're seeing a sub-set |
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The Lone Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
80. Because the elite intellectual wing of the Democratic Party wrote them off |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
83. Greed - same as any other Republican |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
84. I am working-class and have NEVER, EVER identified with the |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 10:44 PM Response to Reply #84 |
95. Excellent article--everyone should read this one. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
85. RACISM is a major part of it, IMHO |
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DemVet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 09:16 PM Response to Reply #85 |
91. How so? |
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the_sam (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
87. They Don't |
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burr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
88. Same reason so many DINO's in the south switch parties... |
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Southsideirish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
90. "Social" conservatives - hate changes that have occured in last 25 yrs. |
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DragonflyX (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
93. "Why are Blue Collar Workers Republicans?" |
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fortyfeetunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 12:58 AM Response to Reply #93 |
98. Dragonfly, just need clarification here.... |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 07:00 AM Response to Reply #93 |
110. I don't now and have never voted Republican but I totally |
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hedgetrimmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
96. er... how do you define "blue collar worker?" |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 07:04 AM Response to Reply #96 |
111. One of my friends, a guy with a PhD, defines working class |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-21-03 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
97. The media convinced them that Liberal = "sissy"... |
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Myra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 02:18 AM Response to Reply #97 |
100. I agree |
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RandomUser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 06:27 AM Response to Reply #97 |
106. To an extent |
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Classical_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 03:02 AM Response to Original message |
101. They are more likely to be democrats actually |
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imax2268 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 03:09 AM Response to Original message |
102. im not... |
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SCDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
107. Guns and God |
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maxanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-22-03 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
108. many people don't think |
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