Opinion | Kamala Harris’ campaign didn’t ignore working class voters (www.msnbc.com)

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Following the Democrats’ recent election losses, some, including Senator Bernie Sanders, argue that the party failed by “abandoning” the working class.

However, critics counter that Democrats under Biden implemented one of the most pro-working class agendas in decades, passing union-supportive policies, job-creating infrastructure bills, and increasing wages.

Despite these efforts, Democrats saw little electoral benefit, especially among nonwhite working-class voters, as cultural grievances took precedence for many working-class voters.

Analysts suggest that the party’s best path forward may be to focus on college-educated suburban voters rather than attempting to win back working-class Republicans.

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[-] treefrog@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago

I'm not saying she didn't talk about policy I'm saying she didn't connect with voters about policy.

Trump didn't need to connect about policy because he could connect with them emotionally. Kamala just tried to appeal to reason but when people are frustrated with the government that doesn't work so well.

And it doesn't work well on busy low information voters either.

In other words she lacked charisma. I like her policies I don't think she would have been a bad president and I voted for her.

But she talks like a prosecutor. And she uses that type of argument style. And it just doesn't connect as easily as appeals to emotion.

[-] orclev@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Like every Democrat for the last forever I didn't like her policies in general although there were a couple that weren't terrible. On the other hand I would have gladly taken all her policies over the absolute shit storm that Trump is about to rain on this country. The closest thing to a Democrat I liked was when Bernie ran on the Democrat ticket, but then the DNC did everything in their power to fuck him over. Maybe he would have lost anyway, but he never even really got the chance, so I guess we'll never really know.

[-] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I've been thinking since the election, there needs to be a rebranding. Most Republican voters agree with "liberal" policies. Most liberals agree with "progressive" policies. We need to start calling it what it is.

Bernie, AOC, Warren are liberals.

Clinton, Biden, Harris are conservatives.

DeSantis, Trump, Huckabee-Sanders are authoritarian elites.

Liberals are pissed because we keep reaching across the aisle in hopes of centrism from the DNC candidates. And conservatives won't even vote for their values.

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