Report Finds Working-Class Voters Embrace Economic Populism as Democrats Remain Divided
UNITED STATES, JUL 23 – A new report finds 11% of working-class Trump voters support progressive economic policies, suggesting Democrats can regain votes by focusing on economic populism and moderate social messaging.
- Working-Class voters increasingly support economic populism, with 75% favoring a minimum wage increase, as highlighted by the report from the Center for Working-Class Politics and Jacobin magazine.
- About 20% of working-class Trump voters support left-leaning economic policies, according to the Center for Working-Class Politics study.
- The Democratic Party must adopt populist economic policies to regain lost support from working-class voters, according to the new report.
- Growing report findings indicate that while the working class has shifted left on economic issues, they have become more alienated from educated voters, complicating Democratic strategies.
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Leaning Left9Leaning Right1Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution75% Left
Bias Distribution
- 75% of the sources lean Left
75% Left
L 75%
C 17%
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