2016 Postmortem

duffyduff

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1. Because Nixon used racist code to get the hard hats.

Mon Dec 5, 2016, 12:37 PM

Dec 2016

We haven't had these guys in fifty years, and the Civil Rights Act guaranteed we would not have them back.

I am referring to blue collar-types. There are many different labor unions that are still reliably Democratic.

The problem is unions have been heavily weakened over the decades thanks to Ronald Reagan's war on the social contract.

The time to have been angry was the 1980s. These Trump dudes are 35 years too late to the party.

Good riddance, I say. They keep voting the wrong way.

There is no helping them.

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Re: the Democratic Party and organized labor... [View all] YoungDemCA Dec 2016 OP

Because Nixon used racist code to get the hard hats. duffyduff Dec 2016 #1

The sad fact is trump and conservatives top task is to destroy labor... beachbum bob Dec 2016 #2

2018 "boding well" for Democrats assumes a level of voter awareness not demonstrated in 2016. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #3

...and that Dems aren't five times louder on labor issues. n/t Orsino Dec 2016 #4

2018 will not change anything. Washington is a Exilednight Dec 2016 #5

Not true.... beachbum bob Dec 2016 #6

Then you're not paying attention. Exilednight Dec 2016 #7

The Senate map is bad in 2018. Ace Rothstein Dec 2016 #9

Union members vote their guns more than their jobs these days. hollowdweller Dec 2016 #8