Democrats still misunderstand working-class voters - to their peril

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43. That misses the point.

People are pissed. You don't seem to understand that, and I can't help you.

The fact that Dems do objectively better on average means very little when the other guys are able to make bold claims about what they will do for people. Of course they lie. But the reason they can get away with that is because we don't sell the true story nearly well enough. Biden had fewer press conferences than any modern President. Harris gave these economic fairness issues only about 20% of her bandwidth during the campaign. Dems, in general, seem to think that the public will figure out the truth on their own.

It doesn't work that way, especially in a world with Fox and 100 other RW megaphones blaring all the time. We have to get out and sell our accomplishments. And that would be a lot easier if Dems would agree on a consistent set of messages, and then work hard to get those messages out.

We are now in a world where the public is open to a very blunt message: "Eat the rich", but find me a Dem who can say anything even half as blunt as that. Find me a Dem who will say, "the billionaire class are freeloaders". Find me a Dem (other than Bernie or AOC) who will say "If the billionaires pay their fair share, we can have free college tuition for any student with the aptitude and commitment, affordable health care for 100% of the population, and the Social Security system guaranteed solvent into the 22nd century."

You can't, because most Dems just can't get bold statements to cross their lips.