Republican presidential nominee Ronald Reagan holds his beer as he grills kielbasa in the backyard of Emil Petrie , a recently laid off steelworker, during a Labor Day barbecue with"working people" in September 1980 in suburban Detroit. | Bettmann/Getty Images
Then something important happened: In leaning too hard into white identity politics — and perhaps being too focused on what he thought Reagan Democrats wanted — Trump accelerated the rise of a new voting bloc that is, in many ways, the mirror image of the Reagan Democrats.Like the Reagan Democrats, they’re heavily white and live in suburbs.
Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden walks between pickup trucks before delivering remarks in the parking lot outside the United Auto Workers Region 1 offices on Sept. 9, 2020, in Warren, Mich. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images “They are going to have to lose a few elections before there can be a new dynamic within the Republican Party — just as the Democrats lost a lot of national elections before Bill Clinton was able to change the party.”
First, there’s one [level of this discussion that’s] about persuasion. If you look at the “Reagan Democrats,” they were dealing with their unions. They were part of establishment networks — you know, they would reject it in particular elections, but in most elections, they were aligned with what the big unions were doing. And Democrats were winning downballot, despite their problems at the presidential level.
The difference is [Trump’s] new voters are voting to “save the country” and solve the “demographic problem,” and they are voting straight ticket. Everybody else is kind of in between, [voting for some Democrats and some Republicans]. Butare voting to “save the country” from being this diverse place that has tolerant values and is open to immigration. And they’re voting for every Republican and against every Democrat, top to bottom.
Nothing has changed that; that trend will continue. Millennials and Gen Z have a much higher proportion of college [educational attainment], and they’re increasing their share of the electorate. The values of those voters continue to be aligned with Democrats — though I actually think they are more likely to be ticket-splitters.
'white identity politics' Is that the new buzz-phrase for 'racists' and 'white supremacy'?
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This is a great article cause it shines a light on a big missed opportunity forTrump: white, educated Americans who support diversity, women’s rights and yet are Republican. Trump has pushed away these voters w his racist, extremist views while missing a chance at re-election😬
I think there is another way to say 'white identity politics' which is white supremacy. This paragraph softens Trump and his strongman movement
Trump focused? On anything but himself? Surely you jest? Guy couldn't find his ass with both hands. He wouldn't know a Reagan Democrat from third base. In fact, he wouldn't even know who Reagan was?
Bamboozled for so long, the GOP voting-block seems incapable of separating the wheat from the chaff, save for a few. The snake-oil selling anachronistic GOP has little left in its war chest, other than bogus elixirs and half-baked policy platforms that have no place in 2021.
This is KochNetwork propaganda. 'Misinforming the Majority:' 👉 'WHY IS THE GOP STILL SUPPORTING TRUMP?' 👉 'How the Koch brothers built the most powerful rightwing group you've never heard of' 👉
This is just a remix of the never ending profiles of Trump voters, wrapped up in a different bow with a new name, huh?
I watched in real time as any support for Trump collapsed in the suburbs. Biden/Harris yard signs everywhere.
The DNC might want to start telling the truth then.
Lay off a ton of people then promise them government benefits.... what a hero.
It’s like they wrote it about me 😆
How is going to win them back after killing their jobs and businesses?
🚨$15 minimum wage bill has failed to pass the Senate by a vote of 58-42 🚨 8 Dems voted no: ❗️Joe Machin (WV) ❗️Jon Tester (MT) ❗️Jeanne Shaheen (NH) ❗️Maggie Hassan (NH) ❗️Angus King (ME) ❗️Kyrsten Sinema (AZ) ❗️Tom Carper (DE) ❗️Chris Coons (DE) GOP SenateGOP CNN
This article stated Mitch McConnell was the Majority Leader, am I missing something. Here I thought Joe Biden was President and Mitch McConnell a minority leader. Please educate me on this!!!
Wait until the gas prices reach $4.00 a gallon.
Neoliberalism
I hate Republicans. the Reason I’m Democrat is Because Dems Act Humane in Protecting The Environment, Water, Air, Marine Mammals, Endangered Species & Respect a Person’s Autonomy of his or her own bodies. Republicans: “You Haven’t Done Nothing”.
With Trump gone there are 70 million suffering hangover symptoms.
Have you seen Bidens latest poll numbers? Everyone know he's not calling the shots. His far left progressive administration is and they are going to cost the Dems in 2022 and 2024. Mark my words.
trying to set the narrative.. not gonna work lol
This is completely off base. He will do nothing but boost an overtly fascist GOP by delivering absolutely nothing to the working class.
..'there you go again'...
after today they might be his only support
I am also a Biden republican.
Unreal that no one pushed back on the 100% untrue statement from Greenberg below. Obama had an 'Insourcing' program to bring jobs home. He touted it regularly. Maybe 'Reagan Democrats' will hear it if a white POTUS says it. And 'cosmopolitan,' really? 🙄
Most people in the U.S. don't vote. There is a vast, untapped swath of new voters. Why should Dems chase Republican voters? Then they have to further moderate their policies to accomodate this new bloc. Turning themselves into the Republican lite party. That sounds terrible.
You see plenty of them here right on Twitter
🙋♀️ I'm one or was till I just recently changed my voter registration to Independent.
totally agree. We are not there yet but i can see the Dems being in power for at least a decade.
There will be no reparations . The Democrat's are just putting on a show.
Get real. Congress is chock full of old white people and now they're targeting other old white people as supporters. And at the same time they're flipping the bird to the younger voters who now plan to start a third party. The Democratic Party is a ticking time bomb.
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SethAbramson How did the lincoln project ads work out during the last election?
Dems still chasing unicorns.
ZEphotographic Joe is a better president than the GOP has ever put out! He is helping ALL Americans, not just the rich donors! BackJoe KickOutGOP
DavidJCarbone1 Unless Biden can get Republicans in the Senate to cross over (and that appears to be les and less likely) we're still screwed. If these Republicans are serious about getting on the right side of history they should just switch their party affiliation. It's really that easy!
They can’t even have this man answer questions. You think he’s doing anything like this? Lolol. Delusional
Lynmaree56 No doubt it won't much help the 99% living standards esp those at the lower socio-economic levels
Sure is a lot of king louie paid bots on here.
Not likely, the culture and cancellation wars are just heating up and the fallout TBD...
SethAbramson I have a better idea: get rid of the filibuster and give every American 5k and health care. That should do it for a lot longer than a decade.
Yes we know he's a centrist, thanks. They all are these days, even he-who-must-not-be-named, in case you hadn't noticed.
Another wishful and fakenews article from the left/progressive politico.
I'm laughing my ads off. Watching this country go to shat in 100 days. Omg its so awesome. I really hope you folks are happy. Too bad there's no way to fix it before we get nuked by China
Done. Already. For me. Thank you to DJT
SethAbramson How about capture leftists rather than recapture reaganites. Because it’s impossible to do both
SethAbramson I’m one of them!
SethAbramson Hope 4 ever ...
SethAbramson Nope
It doesn't matter where on the neocon/neolib spectrum they on right now. The end result will be the same for workers
SethAbramson BustTheFilibuster
MichelleKinney Excellent! Enlightening!!!
aren't they all dead?
The Reagan Democrats of 40 years ago were mostly Union skilled labor. Their jobs have long since vanished.
Yet he just lost about 12 million votes.
Most of the Reagan Democrats are dead. And dead people vote Democrat.
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Wooing Kkkrapitalists
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There is no GOP; it's GOPQ now. It's 'US' against them.
Yes, yes, this seems like what the American people really need now
Biden Republicans? That's kinda funny... Doubt that! More like biden centrists
The Reagan Democrats have a party of their own. It's called the Republican Party. Stop with this crap. We need an opposition party, one to represent the FDR Democrats. There are more of them. Most have gone independent, Green, or Socialist.
All my life I’ve heard how the GOP is on the verge of a collapse and every time the Dems fumble away
Bye bye Republicans. You had your chance and blew it!
Ugh, just end the god damn filibuster. Bending over backwards to help republicans with finding a better knife to replace the one they’ve already stabbed in democracy’s back.
his approved rate plummeted to 42%.looser
So you won by begged black and brown people for their vote but reached out to republicans every chance he gets. Notice the game, Obama did the same thing then said he couldn’t get anything done because of the republicans. Obama has a majority too! They are lying! 😂
Can this article be more fake 🤣
compare biden to reagan? seriously? are you blind AND deaf?
Lmfao not only is this not new, but it’s not unnoticed. We all know this is what he’s doing. It’s what Clinton did. It’s what Obama did. It’s what Gore and Kerry would have done. It’s an idiotic worthless strategy. Under Obama over 1000 different elected offices went R
Oh please. This kind of tripe has emerged in the political press since the 1770's. Moderate republicans who've detested Trump and his ilk have no more respect for the kind of bilge smelling legislation that Biden-Pelosi-Schumer have preferred than a severed carotid artery.
Good thing Reagan Democrats are all dying out. LOL!
Hahaha
Establishment Dems forever chasing Republican votes because the alternative is bringing newer voters into the fold. Newer voters with ideologies to the left of corporate stooge Democrats.
Isn't that the same strategy Obama had and it led to trump? Dems are lost, losing and losers.
Never happen - Biden hasn’t done anything for 50 years...
Agreed, but it’s not due to Biden. It’s due to homeless moderate Republicans that are rebelling against Trumpism...
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