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8. white working class voters started voting Republican when Democrats

Reply to shaayecanaan (Reply #7)

Tue Jul 1, 2014, 10:14 AM

Jul 2014

became identified as the party trying to help African-Americans.

they were and in many cases are convinced that Democrats were going to help 'undeserving' minorities take their jobs away

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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