We're not losing blue collar Democrats in places like western Pennsylvania (or Montana) because we're refusing to try to advance their material interests. We're losing them because we're refusing to pander to their culture war positions to the detriment of other members of our coalition.
Nancy Pelosi did more for rural America than any 25 Republicans you can name, combined.
And now that they've had time to see what her health insurance policy actually does, they're no longer mad about it. But they're still mad about the culture stuff, especially their grandchildren thinking they are homophobic racists. This didn't come from Nancy Pelosi, exactly, but she was on the winning side of The War on Christmas.
Do the voters you refer to still have jobs? De Boer's point was about all the ones who lost their jobs, in all the places where there are no jobs. The same dynamic was very New Labour, and made part of the coalition that cost us the referendum.
I take your point about health insurance. It's so easy to forget that over here.
I'm particularly fascinated by the juxtaposition of “Of course they can control the weather” with the explanation—lore among evangelicals—that climate change can't possibly be real because humans are too puny to change the workings of God's creation.
We're not losing blue collar Democrats in places like western Pennsylvania (or Montana) because we're refusing to try to advance their material interests. We're losing them because we're refusing to pander to their culture war positions to the detriment of other members of our coalition.
Nancy Pelosi did more for rural America than any 25 Republicans you can name, combined.
And now that they've had time to see what her health insurance policy actually does, they're no longer mad about it. But they're still mad about the culture stuff, especially their grandchildren thinking they are homophobic racists. This didn't come from Nancy Pelosi, exactly, but she was on the winning side of The War on Christmas.
Do the voters you refer to still have jobs? De Boer's point was about all the ones who lost their jobs, in all the places where there are no jobs. The same dynamic was very New Labour, and made part of the coalition that cost us the referendum.
I take your point about health insurance. It's so easy to forget that over here.
Here they do. Union members voting for the party proclaiming its opposition to unions. Because of abortion and guns.
I'm particularly fascinated by the juxtaposition of “Of course they can control the weather” with the explanation—lore among evangelicals—that climate change can't possibly be real because humans are too puny to change the workings of God's creation.
Ah, but they now believe that the Democratic party is literally Satanic — and Satan can of course help them with the weather.