State of the Democratic Party

[Belsnickel]

(11-17-2016, 04:32 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Then white working class are feeling more threatened than ever. There is nothing Domocrats can do about that. Things will get even worse in a few years when whites make up less than half of the population. We will see a huge rise in neo-nazi and white supremacists type parties at that time.

Not all white people believe like that, but it is no coincidence that the lesser educated are more likely to buy into the argument that minorities are the problem in this country.

So you don't think that the Democratic party getting back to focusing on the economy and policies to help the middle class would help win these voters back? I mean, don't get me wrong, the GOP is doing nothing to help them either, but that's just the thing. The Democrats have been the party for the middle class, as a whole, for a very long time. They feel abandoned by them and are now turning to the GOP in a "let's see if they will help us" move.

There are educated people in the middle class, Fred. Hell, I'm educated and in the lower-middle class, if that, same for my wife, my parents, my sister and her husband, lots of people I know. We stick with more progressive attitudes because of other reasons, but all of us can take a look at what has happened to the positions touted by Democratic lawmakers and see that there is not much being pushed to help us out. This isn't blame directed at minorities, saying that is an absolute cop out when discussing the dropped ball when it comes to economic policy on the left.