Re: Democrats beware: the Republicans will soon be the party of the working class | US elections 2020 | The Guardian


Louis Proyect
 

On 11/7/20 8:32 AM, Louis Proyect wrote:

This is a fucking joke. In his Thursday night rant, Trump said, "Democrats are the party of the big donors. The big media, the big tech, it seems, and Republicans have become the party of the American worker, and that’s what’s happened."

Anthony DiMaggio commented on this in FB:


F*cking joke is right. If you check out the exit polls, Trump lost voters making less than $50k 57 to 42. He lost those who said their family income was worse now than 4 years ago by 74 to 23. He lost the unemployed 58 to 41. He lost people in unions 58 to 41. Those never attending college only went for Trump 51 to 48. For those that covid has caused moderate to severe financial hardship, they went to Biden between 3 to 2 to as much as 3 to 1. None of this is speaks to Dems as being the party of the working class (they're not), but it's certainly no evidence that the Republicans are either. The only group that cut to Trump that is worth discussing with the working class thesis is whites without a college education, who supported him 64 to 35. But as I've been documenting for years, there's little to no evidence these individuals are poorer than the average American household. U.S. media and pundits love to reduce class to race and education. Anything to avoid talking about income and wealth inequality.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/exit-polls-president.html

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