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In reply to the discussion: Exit polls reveal why Trump made huge gains with blue-collar union members [View all]Blue_Tires
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Exit polls reveal why Trump made huge gains with blue-collar union members [View all]
SunSeeker
Wednesday
OP
Revisit these voters in the coming years and let me know if they realize what they've done to themselves.
NoMoreRepugs
Wednesday
#1
Forty years ago, or maybe even 20, it was allegedly "the Democrats" who were the "low-information voters",
Jack Valentino
Wednesday
#80
..the No. 1 issue on the mind of working-class people...was inflation and the cost of living...
Septua
Wednesday
#2
THIS is the elephant (symbol) in the room. The media throws shade on the democrats EVERY TIME.
BComplex
Wednesday
#68
The price gouging laws address significant price increases in areas with hurricanes or extended power outages etc.
MichMan
Wednesday
#55
So loud, angry buffoonery that's confident will always win out against quiet, drama-free competence?
Blue_Tires
Wednesday
#81
The Project 2025 that Donnie spent the entire campaign distancing himself from?
Blue_Tires
15 hrs ago
#90
Why didn't Biden trumpet his achievements in terms of building factories in red areas?
DSandra
Wednesday
#61
Umm, if you have access to many experts and some of the best and brightest minds...
DSandra
Wednesday
#62
Your description of union workers voting Republican was exactly what I saw.
walkingman
Wednesday
#83
Because stupid people need to blame someone for their self-created problems.
canuckledragger
Wednesday
#14
Kind of hard to get a new electorate though. And 'the voters are stupid' is probably not a winning slogan. nt
kelly1mm
7 hrs ago
#102
I guess the way they saw it, one candidate promised to miraculously bring down prices, the other one didn't.
SunSeeker
Wednesday
#21
What did President Biden do on the minimum wage? Still the same $7.25 per hour federal
kelly1mm
Wednesday
#49
Did he? George W Bush was the last President to sign a minimum wage increase
Jose Garcia
15 hrs ago
#92
They did the same thing against Carter when running against reagan, and one would have thought they learned there lesson
JohnSJ
Wednesday
#31
Real Wage Index came from below hell to slightly above it and they blamed Biden
uponit7771
Wednesday
#32
People tend to be blind to the lives of people outside their economic class, many don't realize how hard others have it
DSandra
Wednesday
#57
I don't know who Empower or PRNewswire is, but the The Fed has been keeping track of this information:
W_HAMILTON
Wednesday
#69
If inflation/cost of living was the key issue, why did vote for the candidate most likely to cause more inflation?
LonePirate
Wednesday
#76
Wow, if you really believe that, GOP propaganda has been even more effective than I thought.
SunSeeker
8 hrs ago
#100