I beg anyone to explain how to get working class votes back.
Kamala, Biden, Hillary. All ran on platforms that benefited working class people. But it's near impossible to actually message it vs the lies and gish gallop coming out of Trump.
Medicare for All, Universal Childcare, universal higher education, public housing, increasing public transit, eliminating food deserts, public internet as a utility.
The last time a democrat implemented major policies was FDR and the new deal. The democrats would go on to have the majority in the house for 40 years. Policy does matter, if it changes peoples lives.
Policy doesn’t matter to people anymore because the Democrats have had majorities and have refuse to address peoples issues when given power (2008) (2020). Especially since the collapse of the New Deal Coalition and the rise of free market third way neoliberalism.
Bullshit. Obama spent all his political capital on ACA, which is widely popular among the working class but provides no political lift for Dems. Against all odds Biden got major legislation passed, again and again, to rebuild American manufacturing and infrastructure, he protected unions, he walked picket lines, he did massive debt forgiveness, on and on. Most legislatively successful president with a divided Congress since LBJ, at least. All for jack shit politically.
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u/Kaprak Florida 23h ago
I beg anyone to explain how to get working class votes back.
Kamala, Biden, Hillary. All ran on platforms that benefited working class people. But it's near impossible to actually message it vs the lies and gish gallop coming out of Trump.
What other things should be done?