This is exactly right. Breaking out of this loop is one of our big imperatives.
Greg Sargent
The depressing pattern is
White swing voters during good times: "I have so much money I can finally vote about culture war and who I hate."
White swing voters in economic bad times: "Help me Dems I need money! I will even temporarily ignore all your support for weirdo behavior just save my job!"
Jon Walker
Important: New internal polling by Dems finds majorities of working class in some pretty red House districts blame Trump/GOP for their economic struggles. This is why Dems are contesting tough seats. Good to see they're expanding the map.
Details in my new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2116...
Some new research on working-class voters makes it clear. They’re furious at Trump—and they want a message from Democrats that pledges specific action.
