11-17-2016, 06:48 PM
(11-17-2016, 06:40 PM)fredtoast Wrote: But your position that "both parties are bad for the working class" does not explain why the working class would shift from the Democrats to the Republicans. If it is just a case of the balance shifting back and forth then that means there is no real problem with the Democrat party, but from what I understood you to say there actually was a policy reason for the shift.
I actually did explain that in my post by saying that the Democrats, once the party of the working class, has caused them to feel abandoned. In doing so, many have shifted to the GOP in a "let's see if they will do anything for us" move. I'm not saying it is a logical shift, but it is based on the move away from policies that benefit the working class and towards more identity politics that has caused this feeling of abandonment by a party that once represented them. For the majority of the people this affects it has caused political apathy, not even necessarily an allegiance shift. But with the smaller percentage switching allegiances and the apathy affect not a problem for the GOP, it is hurting the Democrats.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
