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WSHazel

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4. These voters are going down with the ship

Reply to Prairie Gates (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 17, 2026, 10:12 AM

Mar 17

White working class is getting more dug in.

White collar Republicans, on the other hand, are giving up on Trump and the GOP. The Democrats will win the midterms in the suburbs and big cities. The white working class towns and small cities are gone.

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Trump Has Lost Working Class White Voters [View all] babylonsister Mar 17 OP

LOL...not the ones I know, unfortunately Prairie Gates Mar 17 #1

Same here. He's still their guy. Diamond_Dog Mar 17 #2

These voters are going down with the ship WSHazel Mar 17 #4

Same here. All my extended family members City Lights Mar 17 #11

Same. n/t Coventina Mar 17 #13

The magaloons i know are still entrenched in their cult leaders kimbutgar Mar 17 #16

My first thought when I saw the headline was exactly the same. I have yet to meet a "reformed" MAGA. Midnight Writer Mar 18 #31

They love that he's a fuck up, he's one of them. dem4decades Mar 17 #3

There's always enough brain dead voters to keep his dictatorship going if enough voter suppression happens yaesu Mar 17 #5

Endlessly weird to me that people deny the political realities of all this. BannonsLiver Mar 17 #6

People gotta have their Kool-Aid. nt Trueblue Texan Mar 18 #25

I'll admit that neighbors and coworkers who had been loudly defending his behavior and actions Torchlight Mar 17 #7

He has not... rustbeltvoice Mar 17 #8

+1 leftstreet Mar 17 #14

They're still OK with becoming a fascist nation..... 70sEraVet Mar 17 #9

They enjoyed the hell out of tearing up our government institutions & national security ffr Mar 17 #10

I have them in my family, which is why I live 2000 miles away Hassler Mar 17 #12

Most that I know are sticking with the idiot Norbert Mar 17 #15

I'm betting they'll feel differently once they're in that voting booth and it really counts. Xavier Breath Mar 17 #17

But probably not white working class males senseandsensibility Mar 17 #18

Convinced people to vote against their own interests hibbing Mar 17 #19

"Is it all because of race?" Solomon Mar 18 #24

Yes, I do believe it's race and gender. BlueKota Mar 18 #27

David Corn, "American Psychosis": betsuni Mar 18 #29

Fuck em LuvLoogie Mar 17 #20

All the way to the scene of the crash OC375 Mar 17 #21

It's about fucking time they woke up and smelled the coffee. Martin68 Mar 17 #22

Too little... too late. OldBaldy1701E Mar 18 #23

Don't need them to vote Dem... Just stay home JT45242 Mar 18 #26

In the State of Ohio samplegirl Mar 18 #28

But they'll still vote against Democrats. betsuni Mar 18 #30