Obama Campaign Set to Abandon White Working Class
This is no surprise. Democrats have been abandoning the white middle class for years. My parents were solid working class stock forged by the Depression. They voted Democrat for generations. My mother doesn’t know what has happened to the party.
Party’s change. It usually takes decades but they aren’t static groups. As society changes, so do they. Parties in a flourishing republic should reflect people’s views, and as they evolve, so should those of the parties.
What’s interesting is that the Democrats seem to want a coalition of two very different groups. Minority voters who tend to be extremely socially conservative, and white liberals who are extremely socially liberal. By jettisoning the white working class, which also tends to be socially conservative, the party will exacerbate the tensions between the two groups. Eventually some are going to feel that the party no longer reflects its values and will move to another. In a two party system, there is only one other “other”: the Republicans.
I’ve written in the past about the Democrats taking the minority vote for granted, and how the GOP was better suited for black and Hispanic voters who tend to be more religious and less accommodating of gay marriage. Politics is a zero sum game, so the changes the Democrats make will facilitate those by the Republicans. The parties will change, or at least what they stand for will, but the battle between the two will continue.
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