>I talked to a Kansas-based comrade about this issue last night, who
>knows Frank and who is knowledgeable about class issues in Kansas. I
>have to say that Bartels really doesn't know what he is talking
>about. Here in Kansas, the right wing HAS made inroads into the
>working class.
But has it made new inroads? Kansas has been one of the most Republican states in the country for over a century. There's nothing representative of the rest of the US about it. It's much whiter (86%, vs. 75% national) and more rural (71% vs. 79%) than the rest of the US.
Doug