By Ethan | May 22, 2008 - 3:58 am - Posted in News
Obama has had problems wooing white, working-class voters. Democrats have lost working class white votes as unions have lost power. Movements that empower unions will help the Democrats in November.
- 4/30 Wrap: I agreed with Meyerson on the solution, but I think that he overstates the problem. Obama has had issues wooing Appalachian white voters, but he does well with this demographic elsewhere (See: Oregon and Wisconsin). Princeton’s Larry Bartels has done great work disproving the notion of a working class white Democratic defection. I recommend his new book, “Unequal Democracy,” to those married to the “What’s the Matter with Kansas” dogma of white working class defection.
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