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shaayecanaan

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7. The minimum wage hike is polling very well with working class whites

Reply to geek tragedy (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 1, 2014, 07:44 AM

Jul 2014

It is one of the very few democratic proposals that is gaining traction amongst that group. They were never socially liberal, but they voted democratic as long as they could perceive that it was materially advantageous to them.

Its still no justification for voting republican, but the working class would say that the Democratic Party left them as much as it was the other way around.

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Who will win the Straight, Middle-Class White Male Vote? [View all] YoungDemCA Jun 2014 OP

In answer to your question bluestateguy Jun 2014 #1

actually, it's white working class men who geek tragedy Jun 2014 #2

How are you defining "working class" vs "middle class"? YoungDemCA Jun 2014 #3

hard to disentangle the two, but generally education level. geek tragedy Jun 2014 #4

True YoungDemCA Jun 2014 #5

On my darkest days, I wonder if maybe Kamau Kambon (nutty as he was/is) actually had a point... nomorenomore08 Jul 2014 #6

Add in the "ownership class" JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #10

The minimum wage hike is polling very well with working class whites shaayecanaan Jul 2014 #7

white working class voters started voting Republican when Democrats geek tragedy Jul 2014 #8

Only in the south shaayecanaan Jul 2014 #9