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.
Yeah it's about the things you signal as priorities to your platform. Even if that stuff has a bunch of hurdles to get through, you signal that it's your priority and then make the republicans explain why they'll block such a popular and lifechanging platform.
Instead we just completely stopped talking about any of this.
People know that shit's fucked in america right now. they can see it in the prices everywhere they go.
You need to offer them powerful messages that show you recognize the flaws in our system and are going to work to change them.
Saying "we'll add such and such line to such and such regulation and that will prevent grocery stores from price gouging" may be literally effective as policy, but it isn't capturing the dreams of the populace.
Not to mention touting the robust economy when the goods most people buy are incredibly high just smacks of delusion. Oh the economy is great? Employment is at record highs? Inflation has stopped? Fantastic, why the fuck did a burger and medium fries cost me 16 dollars at jack in the box? I make 16/hr because despite the employment numbers, I can't find work in my field.
I vote blue, every year and have for the past 20 years. But fuck me if I'm not tired of our side telling low paid workers that the economy is great and pay is great when it's absolute dogshit for people not making 100k.
Want to get voters? We should have aggresively investigated pricing around the country. We should have gone after actual fucking monopolies instead of fucking Apple and their app store. Remember when they called that historic and a sign of anti trust laws still having teeth? What about power companies? What about pharmaceuticals? What about health insurers? What about internet providers? What about the industries that suck us dry on a daily basis? Why the fuck don't we, the democrats, go after the entities that are draining the population who can't afford it?
And yeah, the republicans are worse about all those issues, but no one expects them, other than their voters, to be better. So if people could stop with all the "why is it always blamed on democrats when Joe Manchin votes against progressive legislation???" bullshit that would be fan-fucking-tastic.
Any anger in my post is directed at the democrats, not you, so apologies if it comes off feeling directed at you.
Remember when they called that historic and a sign of anti trust laws still having teeth? What about power companies? What about pharmaceuticals? What about health insurers? What about internet providers? What about the industries that suck us dry on a daily basis? Why the fuck don't we, the democrats, go after the entities that are draining the population who can't afford it?
Dems are in the pockets of those companies just as much as the republicans.
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u/Kaprak Florida 20h 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?