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In reply to the discussion: How Does the Democratic Party Get Back Middle to Lower Class Whites? [View all]1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)86. Shhh ...
You'll upset those on this board that wish to believe that pointing out that some white males voted against President Obama (and other Democratic candidates) on the basis of race. That's down right racist stereotyping, on the left!
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How Does the Democratic Party Get Back Middle to Lower Class Whites? [View all]
LakeErieLiberal
Nov 2012
OP
Pinch their cheeks and tell them they're the BEST widdle boys in the whole world!
WinkyDink
Nov 2012
#1
quit making remarks like that, would be my suggestion for how to win male voters.
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#17
Look. The white male vote was all about guns, race, and taxes. Now what do YOU propose is a
WinkyDink
Nov 2012
#65
I don't even want to talk to you. If you can't see how bigoted & stereotyped that statement is,
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#66
i know exactly what it meant. what does that have to do with your own bigoted remarks?
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#73
OMG,. Whom do you he was directing that to? BTW: You are referring to "white males" as a bloc.
WinkyDink
Nov 2012
#74
i understand. and again i ask, what does that have to do with your own stereotyping?
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#76
Only when those people realize they are not served by the GOP will they change.
liberal N proud
Nov 2012
#3
True, the fact is that this demographic tends to be where you find huge amounts of racists
JaneyVee
Nov 2012
#50
no, he's not. but maybe the party (or its acolytes) could stop with the stereotyping and deni-
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#18
...because she is not black. Let's face it: they supported her because she's not black.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Nov 2012
#38
Every time the Rape-publi-scum start in with one of their divisive social
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#16
Welcome to DU. I have spent some time thinking about an automatic weapons ban
bluestate10
Nov 2012
#30
the reason for the disaffection is clear in this thread. the party doesn't want their votes, and
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#21
You seem kind of odd, yourself, even being on DU with your disdain for the Democratic Party.
WinkyDink
Nov 2012
#67
lol. right out of the playbook. yeah, it's all about *me*, how defective i am
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#69
White men, generally speaking, are scared shitless of not being the top dogs anymore
Stinky The Clown
Nov 2012
#22
There was a day when a person that had just a HS education could build a prosperous
bluestate10
Nov 2012
#26
free mullet trims from cost cutters and a voucher for 50 free rounds of ammo nt
hockeynut57
Nov 2012
#28
It's really only Southern white men. Everywhere else white men are almost 50/50.
reformist2
Nov 2012
#31
By convincing White America that the Democratic Party is NOT about taking something that they
Liberal_Stalwart71
Nov 2012
#36
So what is it you suggest to change, that white men now don't care for? Do they hate choice for
WinkyDink
Nov 2012
#70
I agree with you. Going after working class White males doesn't have much upside.
bluestate10
Nov 2012
#47
By doing what they said they were going to do to get elected, and letting them know it.
pepperbear
Nov 2012
#45
They could run a real progressive who means what he or she says and follows through,
Raksha
Nov 2012
#48
So whites will only vote for a 'real' progressive while minorities and women will vote for a 'fake'
pampango
Nov 2012
#63
Obama won large majorities of the minority and women vote without being a 'real' progressive?
pampango
Nov 2012
#80
Since FOX isn't about to change (& you don't hear ROMNEY re-assessing, do you?), then, ipso facto,
WinkyDink
Nov 2012
#71
Give them something that they can't ignore and that will benefit them and/or people they know
Lydia Leftcoast
Nov 2012
#54
Make a pitch for them, ask for their vote. Voters often know when they aren't needed or wanted. nt
Raine
Nov 2012
#56
wake up, they just elected the President to a second term...but you knew that i suspect.
spanone
Nov 2012
#68
Pursue economic policies that are in the best interests of the middle and lower class
Scootaloo
Nov 2012
#77
It is not rocket science to figure out this 'white males' problem is in part regional.
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2012
#82