Rich Voter, Poor Voter, Red Voter, Blue Voter Social Class and Voting Behavior in Contemporary America

Charles L. Prysby, "Rich Voter, Poor Voter, Red Voter, Blue Voter: Social Class and Voting Behavior in Contemporary America"
English | ISBN: 0367334291 | 2020 | 174 pages | EPUB | 613 KB
This book examines the changing relationship between social class and voting behavior in contemporary America. At the end of the 20th century, working-class white voters were significantly more Democratic than their middle-class counterparts, as they had been since the 1930s. By the second decade of the 21st century, that long-standing relationship had reversed: Republicans now do better among working-class whites. While Trump accentuated this trend, the change began before 2016, something that has not been fully appreciated or understood.