These trends are so glaring that the term working class is now used to describe both those without a college degree and the ...

Surprising Analysis Shows Wealthy And Educated Drove The Shift To Democrats In A Nutshell A new study found that the biggest long-term shift in White American voting patterns over the past 40 years ...

If the GOP really cared about meritocracy, they wouldn’t gut programs that help low-income students—especially those who also have a job or care for a child—earn a college degree. Advocates have said ...

Bill Clinton was the last Democratic presidential candidate to win the white working class (conventionally defined as “white non-college voters,” i.e., white voters who lack a college degree). In 1992 ...

President Trump’s economic moves risk alienating even some of his party’s core voters. Trump is heading into his State of the Union on Tuesday with dismal approval ratings that show a reversal of 2024 ...

It’s not exactly news that Democrats have a yawning working-class hole in their coalition. Over time, they have shed both white and nonwhite working-class (noncollege) voters, while improving among ...

Working-class men in America? They’re struggling. Big time. Blue-collar towns are quieter now, their factories shuttered, union halls empty, and communities fraying at the seams. A decade ago, the ...

A new report shows there is absolutely a winning constituency for economic and social progress. But Democrats aren’t pursuing it. Ad Policy Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks to a full auditorium as ...

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani at the Caribbean Day Parade, September 1, 2025. Credit: Andrea Renault/STAR MAX/IPx 2025 A number of progressive groups close to the Democratic Party and ...