The decimation of the Heartland began a long time ago.
White Working Class
Posted inWorking in America
Democrats Need to Be the Party of and for Working People—of All Races
And they can’t retake Congress unless they win over more white workers.
Posted inWorking in America
A Tale of Two Populisms
The elite the white working class loathes is politicians.
Posted inWorking in America
The Democrats’ ‘Working-Class Problem’
It’s not only with whites. It reaches well into the party’s base.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Absent a More Progressive Economics, the Democrats Will Lose
Economic Populism appeals both to core Democratic voters and the white workers with whom the party has failed to connect.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Rebuilding a Progressive Majority by Winning Back White Working-Class Moderates
From the findings of Working America, the AFL-CIO’s outreach program to non-union working people
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Winning (Some) Middle-of-the-Road Working-Class Whites
White working-class voters differ not just in “what they think” but in “how they think.” Understanding this difference is the key to creating a successful Democratic strategy for regaining their support.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Racism Obstacle
There are limits to how effectively a progressive populist economics can woo working-class whites.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Outlook for 2018 and 2020
How the white working class figures in to the Democrats’ electoral prospects
