Doug Henwood wrote: > Check out the stuff in Bartels about how the white working class supports > Republican economic policies. This may surprise people who say that their > electoral problem has been a lack of economic populism. > > Frank says almost nothing about race, but my guess is that a lot of that > support for Rep economic policies consists of suspicion that Dems want to > take white money and give it to black people. That may be changing now, of > course.
In fact, he argues that Kansas is totally against racism. > And the other question: what's the matter with Connecticut & NJ? Why do > these rich states vote Dem? Rich people often vote Dem because of "social issues" (because they favor legalized "acid, abortion, and amnesty" as pols used to say)[*] and/or because they think that the DP is better for their _long-term_ interests. In fact, the latter is an important part of the famous "New Deal coalition," i.e., an alliance between far-sighted rich folks (like FDR himself or Bernard Baruch) and more plebeian populations. (In addition, the Dixiecrats supported the New Deal because of party affiliation and because the racial pot hadn't heated up yet.) [*] "amnesty" was for those who fled the draft during the Vietnam war. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
