Blue Collar Voters

Why Working People Don't Like Democrats

Paul A. London | Posted 03.26.2012

Paul A. London

White middle class Americans, especially men, just don't like Democrats anymore. To reach these disaffected people, Democratic "plans" for the economy have to speak to their grievances.

Working Class White Voters Are Ditching McCain

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 05.25.2011

KITTANNING, Pa. — The steel mills and coal mines of western Pennsylvania helped fuel the nation's economic engine. Today, old factory shells and...

Trampling Working-Class Voters with the Professional Ideal

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011

David Sirota

What Democrats are really asserting is that they believe Americans see factory, small-business, and agriculture jobs as merely a means to a white-collar professional ends.

The $109 Million Dollar Question: Is Clinton Really A Populist?

Dan Treul | Posted 05.25.2011

Dan Treul

This weekend, as Clinton defended her gas tax proposal against what she described as the "elite opinion" of professional economists, I, like so many others, had to ask the obvious question: Since when does a Clinton get off as such a populist?