Without your life’s work, and your willingness to share it freely, I would be clueless as to the full import of the historic times we are living through. You are under appreciated, to say the least.
You are transforming my understanding or our country and our times. 🙏
I am not quite understanding the following sentence, and therefore not totally understanding that key paragraph as a whole:
"Non-college educated workers are voting like non-college educated voters (Republican) and those least likely to join unions because of their college degrees (Democrats) are redefining the relationship between the economic classes and the political parties."
This is poorly worded. I was struggling with it as I was editing but went forward because I was able to figure it….not fair and good lesson for me.
The working class/blue collar worker has become synonymous with non-college degreed. This demographic group is becoming more Republican. As younger demographics in America become more non-white, we are witnessing a multi-ethnic working class slowly vote more GOP.
The reverse is happening with Democrats. It is becoming a whiter and more Asian, less working class party driven more by the cultural issues important to this group than the working class it has historically aligned with.
This is having dramatic effects on our politics. The Teamsters have not yet endorsed Kamala Harris - unimaginable a generation ago. Why? Their membership is evenly distributed between the parties and growing more Republican.
This is the ‘redefinition’ I was referring to. Most Democrats strongly believe they are still the party of the working class the way many Republicans believe they are still the party that freed the slaves.
Hope this helps. Here’s a great read on the topic:
Without your life’s work, and your willingness to share it freely, I would be clueless as to the full import of the historic times we are living through. You are under appreciated, to say the least.
Thank you Jim 🙏🏼
You are transforming my understanding or our country and our times. 🙏
I am not quite understanding the following sentence, and therefore not totally understanding that key paragraph as a whole:
"Non-college educated workers are voting like non-college educated voters (Republican) and those least likely to join unions because of their college degrees (Democrats) are redefining the relationship between the economic classes and the political parties."
Please say a bit more about this. Thanks!
Hi Linda
This is poorly worded. I was struggling with it as I was editing but went forward because I was able to figure it….not fair and good lesson for me.
The working class/blue collar worker has become synonymous with non-college degreed. This demographic group is becoming more Republican. As younger demographics in America become more non-white, we are witnessing a multi-ethnic working class slowly vote more GOP.
The reverse is happening with Democrats. It is becoming a whiter and more Asian, less working class party driven more by the cultural issues important to this group than the working class it has historically aligned with.
This is having dramatic effects on our politics. The Teamsters have not yet endorsed Kamala Harris - unimaginable a generation ago. Why? Their membership is evenly distributed between the parties and growing more Republican.
This is the ‘redefinition’ I was referring to. Most Democrats strongly believe they are still the party of the working class the way many Republicans believe they are still the party that freed the slaves.
Hope this helps. Here’s a great read on the topic:
https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/democrats-are-super-happy-working?utm_medium=web
Thanks, this is very clear now! This was a wonderful essay for Labor Day; you did the right thing getting it out in time.