Myth of the GOP Working Class

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

At 6:43 PM -0500 1/3/03, Doug Henwood wrote:
>Hacking together some Census numbers with the VNS exit poll numbers 
>shows that low-income whites went for Gore by just 3 percentage 
>points. Since they derive no discernible material benefits from 
>Republican administration, it's probably all about Jesus and race. 
>And the next income category went for Bush, and the middle band 
>heavily for Bush.
>
>Anyway, these numbers should be taken with a few grains of salt. The 
>income categories don't match exactly, and I'm assuming that 
>nonwhite voters voted the same regardless of income, and that the 
>racial mix of voters by income class matches that of the general 
>population.
>
>WHITE VOTE, 2000
>                     Gore      Bush
>Under $15,000        48%       45%
>$15,000-29,000       45%       50%
>$30,000-49,000       40%       58%
>Over $50,000         38%       59%
>Over $75,000         38%       60%
>Over $100,000        37%       60%

Let's suppose that you are a strategist for a political party to the 
left of the Democratic Party, who is confronted with the above 
figures.  What's the program that you want to advocate?  What's the 
strategy to mobilize people for it?
-- 
Yoshie

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