The Democrats long goodbye to the working class

[Mik]

First time I've seen the Atlantic get anything close to right.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-long-goodbye-to-the-working-class/ar-AA13Nlga?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=8a385788cdfc45efa7e541260e57c0c4

[Jolly]

Trump.

Plus extreme woke-ism.

[Horace]

This year, Democrats have chosen to run a campaign focused on three things: abortion rights, gun control, and safeguarding democracy

If only choir votes counted more than swing votes, that might be a good messaging strategy.

[Horace]

A rigorous accounting of vote shifts toward Trump, however, shows that they were concentrated among white voters—particularly those without college degrees—with moderate views on race and immigration, and not among white voters with high levels of racial resentment. The political scientists Justin Grimmer and William Marble concluded that racial resentment simply could not explain the shifts that occurred in the 2016 election. In fact, Trump netted fewer votes from white voters with high levels of racial resentment than Mitt Romney did in 2012.

Now there's a money quote.

But since the race narrative is a religion rather than an ideology, and since it's never been rigorously evidence-based, I suppose we'll be stuck with it forever.

[LuFins Dad]

@Horace said in The Democrats long goodbye to the working class:

A rigorous accounting of vote shifts toward Trump, however, shows that they were concentrated among white voters—particularly those without college degrees—with moderate views on race and immigration, and not among white voters with high levels of racial resentment. The political scientists Justin Grimmer and William Marble concluded that racial resentment simply could not explain the shifts that occurred in the 2016 election. In fact, Trump netted fewer votes from white voters with high levels of racial resentment than Mitt Romney did in 2012.

Now there's a money quote.

But since the race narrative is a religion rather than an ideology, and since it's never been rigorously evidence-based, I suppose we'll be stuck with it forever.

Doesn’t matter. If you say it often enough, it becomes the truth.

[Renauda]

The left gave up the working class 20 or more years ago. Certainly ever since the 1990’s.

[jon-nyc]

@Mik said in The Democrats long goodbye to the working class:

First time I've seen the Atlantic get anything close to right.

I can’t imagine you look at it much, they have contributors all over the map. I imagine that, between David French, Caitlin Flanagan, John McWhorter and Tim Alberta, you’d find plenty to agree with.

[Horace]

I’ve heard the author on a podcast before, maybe two years ago. He is a good cultural observer and a smart guy. Reminds me of Matt yglesias. Who may be who I heard him talking to on the podcast.

[Mik]

@jon-nyc said in The Democrats long goodbye to the working class:

@Mik said in The Democrats long goodbye to the working class:

First time I've seen the Atlantic get anything close to right.

I can’t imagine you look at it much, they have contributors all over the map. I imagine that, between David French, Caitlin Flanagan, John McWhorter and Tim Alberta, you’d find plenty to agree with.

It's better than Slate, I'll give it that. But no, I don't read it a lot.

[Horace]

@Horace said in The Democrats long goodbye to the working class:

I’ve heard the author on a podcast before, maybe two years ago. He is a good cultural observer and a smart guy. Reminds me of Matt yglesias. Who may be who I heard him talking to on the podcast.

https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/87477

[LuFins Dad]

Huh, how about that… I read a column on the guy’s sub stack a few days ago. I might haven posted it here… https://theliberalpatriot.substack.com/p/hispanic-voters-on-the-eve-of-the?utm_medium=reader2