Those who have been reading my blogs for a while will recognize that over and over I have asked the same basic question … “Why do Democrats constantly seem to do things which only hurt the little guys?”
Which group does inflation hurt more than anybody? Obviously, inflation hurts those on the lower rungs of the economic ladder more than any other group. Those who are living paycheck-to-paycheck are devastated when the price of eggs, milk, and bread increase.
Which group is hurt the most when gas prices are sky-high? Again, those who are forced to live a great distance from where they work, because they cannot afford homes that are closer to where the jobs are. In the Biden years, it is not those who drive Electric Vehicles that are hurt when the price of gas is out of sight, but rather it is the little guy.
In years past these little guys, for whatever reason, voted for Democrats. Could it be that the little guys are waking up?
From the Epoch Times:
College graduates favored Republican candidates in every election but one from 1988 through 2004. That began to change in 2008 and accelerated in 2016 when Democrats gained a solid majority of 55 percent among college graduates and held it the next two elections.
At the same time, voters without a college diploma have increasingly voted Republican. The shift began in 2012, when Republicans gained two percentage points among this demographic, landing at 48 percent. By 2024, Trump had reached 63 percent support from those with a high school education.
A similar migration occurred in terms of income. In 2012, 60 percent of voters with household incomes less than $50,000 voted Democratic. By 2024, that number had dropped to 44 percent.
This election also marked a tipping point for upper-income voters. In 2024, a majority of households earning more than $100,000 per year voted Democratic for the first time since the data had been tracked. The Republican share from this group was 46 percent, the lowest ever.
In certain regions of the country there seems to also be a change.
The Blue Wall of industrial states, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, had been solidly Democratic in presidential elections from 1992 until 2016, when President-elect Donald J. Trump won all three. Trump carried those states again in 2024.
Trump also eroded Democratic support in traditional party strongholds like New York, New Jersey, and California. While Harris carried all three by a comfortable margin, she gained a smaller share of the vote than either Biden in 2020 or Hillary Clinton in 2016.
Are these changes merely a reflection of a Harris being a poor candidate, or are those who actually work for a living (the ‘little guys’) starting to realize that the Democrats are not their friends?
11/25/24