Why Democrats are losing the working class: stop talking about democracy
The Democratic Party is finally waking up to the fact that abstract slogans don't pay the rent.
A new report suggests that if Democrats want the working class back, they might want to swap out the high-minded rhetoric about Democracy for something people can actually buy at the grocery store. It turns out that when people are worried about the price of gas, a lecture on institutional norms lands like a lead balloon.
The party has spent years treating their messaging like a college seminar while their base is just trying to make ends meet. Expecting a voter to prioritize the abstract health of the system over their own bank account is a losing strategy that keeps backfiring in every blue-collar town across the country.
Ignoring the actual struggles of the voter to protect a concept is a great way to ensure the concept gets ignored right back.
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