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pstokely

(10,530 posts) Wed Nov 7, 2012, 02:02 AM Nov 2012

Have we lost the white working class voter?

PA is lot closer than it should have been, IN and MO look to go to Mittens by 10 but still electing down ballot Dems, those places don't have the large Hispanic population growth that CO and NV have or a large amount of highly educated out of region transplants moving in like VA, NC, or FL

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Have we lost the white working class voter? (Original Post) pstokely Nov 2012 OP

No. Angry White Men of a certain age, maybe. Ikonoklast Nov 2012 #1

Agreed. Fearless Nov 2012 #2

Didn't the white working class get outsourced to Asia? Cleita Nov 2012 #3

Who the fuck cares. They can crawl out of their Archie Bunker chair and join the rest of the Luminous Animal Nov 2012 #4

If a candidate can win easily without them, they are irrelevant. NYC Liberal Nov 2012 #5

Some of my friends back in PA are sadly falling for Libertarian bullshit. Norrin Radd Nov 2012 #6

O-H-I-O. Barack_America Nov 2012 #7

Honestly, with the trend in demographics, Democrats don't need that group anymore. marmar Nov 2012 #8

not at the Presidential level they don't pstokely Nov 2012 #12

A lot of people have simply given up. avaistheone1 Nov 2012 #9

Nah we don't need 'em ready2go83 Nov 2012 #10

I believe the last bus to "Concern Trollville" left a couple of hours ago.... Jeff In Milwaukee Nov 2012 #11

"Concern Trollville" BumRushDaShow Nov 2012 #14

They deserve what they are getting. Zoeisright Nov 2012 #13

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)

1. No. Angry White Men of a certain age, maybe.

Reply to pstokely (Original post)

Wed Nov 7, 2012, 02:03 AM

Nov 2012

But they are dying off, so even the Republicans are losing them.

Fearless

(18,421 posts)

2. Agreed.

Reply to Ikonoklast (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 7, 2012, 02:03 AM

Nov 2012

Cleita

(75,480 posts)

3. Didn't the white working class get outsourced to Asia?

Reply to pstokely (Original post)

Wed Nov 7, 2012, 02:05 AM

Nov 2012

Now they are the ordinary working class or unemployed so maybe that has affected their ideologies.

Luminous Animal

(27,310 posts)

4. Who the fuck cares. They can crawl out of their Archie Bunker chair and join the rest of the

Reply to pstokely (Original post)

Wed Nov 7, 2012, 02:10 AM

Nov 2012

US or they can stew in it until they die.

The white working class has hated chinks japs kikes blah blah blah. They were on the wrong side of history then, they are on the wrong side of history now.