To win working-class voters — and possibly today’s election — Democrats need to attack economic elites. But the Kamala Harris campaign hasn’t consistently offered an anti-elite counter to Donald Trump’s right-wing populism.

To win working-class voters — and possibly today’s election — Democrats need to attack economic elites. But the Kamala Harris campaign hasn’t consistently offered an anti-elite counter to Donald Trump’s right-wing populism.

  • magic_lobster_party@fedia.io
    153·
    2 hours ago

    I don’t think it works. People voted for Trump because he is the economic elite. They believe that just because he’s a businessman, he’s going to make good economy.

    • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
      14·
      2 hours ago

      Democrat voters and Republican voters are different. As I’d like to hope the DNC learned today, you can’t win democrat votes with Republican policy.

      • NauticalNoodle
        44·
        2 hours ago

        Yeah, but you don’t understand. It’s Kamala’s turn. she deserves it.

        -That strategy has never failed the Democrat party before.

  • LANIK2000@lemmy.world
    83·
    2 hours ago

    Right, because lowering taxes for the rich is attacking the elite while raising em is not. What fucking twilight world do I live in??? I almost feel like learning some weird esoteric language, just to get away from this American brain rot.

  • positiveWHAT@lemmy.world
    33·
    2 hours ago

    But Trump with billionaire support is attacking economic elites… One should never underestimate how dumb the general person is.

  • Skeezix@lemmy.worldEnglish
    910·
    2 hours ago

    We tried running a man whose sole position was attacking elites. Bernie tanked.