Liberal: Democrats ’ Working-Class Hole

“It’s not exactly news that Democrats have a yawning working-class hole in their coalition,” snarks The Liberal Patriot’s Ruy Teixeira .

A New York Times/Siena poll found white college voters “say they’ll vote Democratic in 2026 by 16 points, while white working-class voters favor the Republicans by 34 points.”

The poll found a “similarly-sized class gap” on President Trump’s approval/disapproval.

Despite talking “about the need to reach working-class voters,” Dems increasingly represent the “priorities” of educated professionals.

Their play for “white college-grad” votes “might well work in the 2026 House elections, where their odds of taking enough seats to shift control look good.”

But those “white college voters” may not be enough for

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