Seems that the working class have managed to accept an ideology that goes against its own interests especially blue collar workers. Does this mean that more and more blue collar workers will vote Republican?
Cheers, ken
----- Original Message ---- From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> To: lbo-talk <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Sent: Tue, March 29, 2011 10:32:51 AM Subject: [lbo-talk] conservative states: poorer, less educated, more religious
Richard Florida is pretty problematic, but this isn't without interest.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/03/the-conservative-states-of-america/71827/
"Conservativism [sic], more and more, is the ideology of the economically left behind. The current economic crisis only appears to have deepened conservatism's hold on America's states." ___________________________________ http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk