Then why do black/brown working class vote Dem? (Reply #34)

In the discussion thread: Why does Trump win over rural America? Why will the young take to the streets yet choose not to vote [View all]

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Mon Aug 31, 2020, 03:32 AM

radius777 (3,406 posts)

34. Then why do black/brown working class vote Dem?

The 'liberal elite' narrative is bullshit when we consider that Dem voters have a lower avg income than Repub.

Rural whites (and conservative whites in general) don't like to be called out on their retrograde views on race/gender/etc - hence 'snobby liberals telling me what to do'. Too bad - they've been coddled for hundreds of years.

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49 replies	Author	Time	Post
Why does Trump win over rural America? Why will the young take to the streets yet choose not to vote [View all]	Mick Travis	Aug 2020	OP
Many rural people resent the United States and hate cities and universities	bluedye33139	Aug 2020	#1
They think rural life and/or farming	Freddie	Aug 2020	#3
There's also a perception that their lives are emptier and poorer than people in the cities	bluedye33139	Aug 2020	#7
True, though the Framers lived in a different time	treestar	Aug 2020	#22
But given the outsized power of low population states	Freddie	Aug 2020	#45
There are very few farmers left	Johnny2X2X	Aug 2020	#43
Exactly	Freddie	Aug 2020	#44
However, they are still a MINORITY of the overall US population.	smirkymonkey	Aug 2020	#28
racism.	jcgoldie	Aug 2020	#2
Voting	world wide wally	Aug 2020	#4
For over a century, if you wanted to make something of yourself, you moved to The Big City.	Girard442	Aug 2020	#5
This is really at the crux of it. Resentment and bitterness.	smirkymonkey	Aug 2020	#29
This is really at the crux of it. Resentment and bitterness.	smirkymonkey	Aug 2020	#31
some ideas	RazzleCat	Aug 2020	#6
Some excellent thoughts.	Mick Travis	Aug 2020	#18
You can't fuck in a voting booth.	coti	Aug 2020	#20
Lots of right wing bigots in rural areas. Not all people who go to protests care about issues	JI7	Aug 2020	#8
There were two young women, 20-something,	Ilsa	Aug 2020	#9
With regard to the youth not voting but going out to protest	In It to Win It	Aug 2020	#10
Do you want an honest answer?	DSandra	Aug 2020	#11
Then why do black/brown working class vote Dem?	radius777	Aug 2020	#34
I'm not being an apologist for them...	DSandra	Aug 2020	#42
Incompatible culture, they don't want what we offer	Amishman	Aug 2020	#12
Rural Republican voters are not voting against their interests.	Mariana	Aug 2020	#13
rural america is home to not so smart people and racists	beachbumbob	Aug 2020	#14
And that's why they think Dem's are a bunch of snobby elites	Bayard	Aug 2020	#15
sometimes it is what it is but to say folks in rural alabama have same exposure to life, education	beachbumbob	Aug 2020	#16
Its not better experience	Bayard	Aug 2020	#32
protests are parties, voting is work? nt	msongs	Aug 2020	#17
Yep!!	LeftInTX	Aug 2020	#33
Because you don't have to register to protest?	denem	Aug 2020	#49
Young people	Jamaal510	Aug 2020	#19
There were longer lines for voting in areas where young people vote	JonLP24	Aug 2020	#37
They are generally pretty stupid.	roamer65	Aug 2020	#21
They are generally pretty stupid because they and their families did not have the same privileges...	DSandra	Aug 2020	#23
This message was self-deleted by its author	roamer65	Aug 2020	#24
Generally means not all.	roamer65	Aug 2020	#25
They can choose to believe something to keep harmony with the community...	DSandra	Aug 2020	#26
Mmmmm...I don't see that there. It's very polarized.	roamer65	Aug 2020	#27
Most city voters are working class folks - many poc, immigrant, etc	radius777	Aug 2020	#35
As a child of two immigrants, immigrants have certain advantages	DSandra	Aug 2020	#40
Tell all rural seniors tRump secretly plans to cut Social Security down to zero.	Lock him up.	Aug 2020	#30
SSI, Medicare, and USPS - Are gone if Trump is re-elected. This message must be hammered home.	Mick Travis	Aug 2020	#46
Dems need to pitch a liberal version of white identity politics.	radius777	Aug 2020	#36
Guide young people toward the voting booth	UCmeNdc	Aug 2020	#38
The dark rigidity of much ruralism...	Fyrefox	Aug 2020	#39
Why are you assuming the young won't vote?	lagomorph777	Aug 2020	#41
They never have before, at least in recent elections.	Mick Travis	Aug 2020	#47
Exactly - they could face an entire lifetime under authoritarian rule.	lagomorph777	Aug 2020	#48

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