Why working-class voters have been shifting toward the ... - NPR
Nov 14, 2024 · FADEL: Paul Clark, a labor and employment relations professor at Penn State University, has been following how working-class people vote for years. He spoke with our colleague …
It’s Not the Economy, Stupid: The Ideological Foundations of ...
Apr 3, 2025 · In this article, I examine the rise of white working class Republicanism in American politics. Contrary to much of the conventional wisdom, I argue that economic discontent has very little to do …
Working-class voter trends: The latest survey data from ...
May 26, 2024 · Forty-six percent of Republicans consider themselves working or lower class and 35% of Democrats do. Sixty-two percent of Democrats identify themselves as upper-middle or middle class …
Has the GOP Really Become the Party of the Working Class?
Jan 15, 2025 · In brief, the majority of White working-class voters have drifted to Republicans over the past 40 years. Unless Democrats recapture a chunk of these voters, they could lose future elections …
The 4 working-class votes - Brookings
Dec 2, 2024 · Mitt Romney won 56% of the white working-class vote in 2012, followed by Trump with 62% in 2016, 59% in 2020, and 66% in 2024. That two-thirds share is impressive, but many other …
The Paradox of the Working-Class Vote in U.S. Presidential ...
Apr 7, 2025 · In the 2024 presidential election, nearly 90 million Americans, many of working-class background, did not vote, and a large share of working-class voters turned away from the …
Are the Republicans Now the Working-Class Party?
Jan 13, 2025 · Using Vanderbilt data, most White working-class voters voted for Republican presidential candidates in seven of the last 11 elections, from 1980 through 2020. Since Bill Clinton’s elections,...