Democrats aim to regain working-class voters, including those who supported Trump, but require reevaluating common strategies. Many believe working-class Trump supporters are beyond persuasion. Some liberals suggest imitating Trump’s tactics, while progressives think intensifying economic messages will attract these voters. New research from the Center for Working-Class Politics indicates that these strategies fail to acknowledge the true interests and values of working-class voters. The research analyzed responses from various surveys spanning decades, revealing that working-class voters are generally less progressive on social issues compared to higher-class individuals, emphasizing the need for a more nuanced understanding of their attitudes.
The truth is, none of these strategies are particularly useful. Because none of them take working-class interests, values and attitudes seriously enough.
Our work shows that working-class voters are, and have always been, decidedly less progressive than their middle- and upper-class counterparts when it comes to social and cultural issues.
Fortunately, new research from the Center for Working-Class Politics (CWCP) can help shed light on what working-class voters actually want.
We analyzed working-class responses to 128 survey questions from academic surveys stretching back to 1960.
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