In 2024, Democrats reversed generations of elections as the party of the working class and ceded the title to Donald Trump. Inexplicably, shockingly, distressingly, Trump won voters making less than $50,000, while Democrat Kamala Harris carried those earning more than $100,000, according to exit polls.
Trump promised big things—chief among them lowering prices “on Day One.” Not only has he failed to deliver since taking office, he also hasn’t even bothered trying. His policies have instead fueled inflation: tariffs driving up costs, and mass deportations shrinking the cheap labor supply.
Then Zohran Mamdani shocked the political establishment, coming from nowhere to win New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary on a platform laser-focused on soaring living costs. Then this past Tuesday,

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