These Democrats won over working-class voters. Here’s their advice for candidates.
Throughout the Trump era, Democrats have wrung their hands about how they can win over working-class voters. Why not ask the Democrats who’ve actually done it? That’s what Robin Johnson — a political consultant based in rural Illinois, and a part-time political science professor at Monmouth College — set out to do after Donald Trump […]
Democratic state legislators who have won in heavily working-class areas of seven key presidential battleground states have offered advice on how to appeal to working-class voters, according to a report by political consultant Robin Johnson and co-authors Stuart Malec and Jolie Libert. The report, which focuses on districts that are currently close and have a higher-than-average share of working-class voters, reveals that these legislators prioritize economic issues, despite the party's ongoing debate between left-wing populists and moderate Democrats.
They emphasize the importance of community connection and focus on economic concerns when responding to cultural issues, which they believe are the biggest challenge in reaching working-class voters.
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