Trump and the Working Man

Will this presidential election be the one in which labor recognizes that the Democratic party is not its logical —or inevitable — home?

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Then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at Rome, New York, April 12, 2016. AP/Mike Groll, file

Is the 2024 election going to be the one where labor begins to recognize that the Democratic party is not its logical home? That question comes to mind with the news that startling numbers of working class Americans are moving into the Trump camp. A CNN analyst, Harry Enten, tweets that the 45th president “has more working class support than any GOP presidential candidate in a generation.” It could deliver him back to the White House.

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