Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

2016 Postmortem

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)

9. Clinton won among the working class. Clinton won among the working class.

Reply to ghostsinthemachine (Original post)

Sat Dec 17, 2016, 11:59 PM

Dec 2016

One more time with feeling: Clinton won among the working class.

If a segment of the white working class has a different set of priorities or expectations than the working class overall, ask yourself why that might be.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

10 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Time for the Democrats to stop catering to the [View all] ghostsinthemachine Dec 2016 OP

Working class people manav95 Dec 2016 #1

When you say "identity politics nonsense", whose "identity" are you talking about? Since you chose.. Tarheel_Dem Dec 2016 #2

I get what they're saying Dem2 Dec 2016 #4

May not seem helpful from the standpoint of a white person. It's quite important to me as a POC. Tarheel_Dem Dec 2016 #6

We can reach out to working people without abandoning our commitment Ken Burch Dec 2016 #7

So we are a "party of the ppl" that does NOT include ppl of color or women, manav95? Hekate Dec 2016 #8

GOPs lost congressional seats and the popular vote, but the Dems have to tear up the playbook Kolesar Dec 2016 #3

lol when does that class get any attention? treestar Dec 2016 #5

Clinton won among the working class. Clinton won among the working class. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #9

Ye gods. Our Democratic presidential candidate got 3,000,000 more votes than the GOP candidate Hekate Dec 2016 #10