The white working class knows the American project isn’t working. Here’s why that will never matter to them
Source: www.theguardian.com ·
Section: headlines ·
Bias: Center-Left
· Published: Sun, 21 Jun 2026 13:53:08 GMT
Access to power over other racial groups is their preferred political currencyThere is no shortage of interest in the voting patterns of the white working class. Of particular note is how this group – especially since the sea change of the 1960s – finds themselves so consistently on the wrong side of progressive politics. The national preoccupation with the white working class’s affinity for rightwing conservatism has propagated countless bestselling books, long reads and think pieces that are often mawkish or condescending or both. Their almost exclusively centrist white elite authors plead for us to understand how those in the white working class feel “left behind”, and that they turned hard right because Democrats didn’t tend to their economic anxieties. These pieces pose questions like “Why is the working class leaving the Democratic party?” and equate the term “working class” with whiteness, ignoring any explanation for why the Black working classes – which suffered far more economic angst and Covid-related disparities in the last decade – continue to vote solidly blue.But after three presidential elections in which non-college-educated white voters (the most functional definition we have for this group) have overwhelmingly supported Donald Trump, journalists and researchers are now questioning if these voters will go Maga again in the 2026 midterms. Pollsters speculate that they are breaking with Trump: his approval ratings have recently dipped below 50% with non-college-educated whites, as their economics are no better off under Trump 2.0 – down 14 points in the last 15 months. Continue reading...
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