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To: S. maltophilia who wrote (1280)	10/31/2017 6:48:11 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Respond to of 2202

I rec that post. Lot of excellent points are made within.... Definition of perception 1 a :a result of perceiving : observation The perception is fact. "The Democratic Party, as pollster Stanley Greenberg emphasizes, doesn’t have a “white working-class problem”-- it has a working-class problem. “If there was one area where Democratic turnout was undeniably weaker in 2016 than 2012 it was among African Americans,” Patrick Ruffini wrote in FiveThirtyEight. Black turnout, especially in key swing states, was 14.1 percent less than election models predicted-- far more than the 3.2 percent decline among whites. While it’s important to note the damaging effect of Republican Party attempts at minority voter suppression through gerrymandering and voter ID laws, the Democratic Party has failed to give many of those who can vote a reason to do so. This is animated, in part, by the perception that the party is in the pocket of the rich. A poll in spring 2017 found that two-thirds of the public sees the Democratic Party as “out of touch with the concerns of most people in the United States today.” Meanwhile, a recent review of census data by the Washington Post found that African Americans are “the only U.S. racial group earning less than they did in 2000.” The unfettered capitalist economy partly enabled by Democrats since the 1990s has devastated the working class, doubly so the black working class, and the Democratic Party’s major role in that devastation continues to have a harmful effect on party prospects. The party has attempted to convince working-class voters that it can advance the interests of the rich and working people with equal vigor. This sleight-of-hand was more feasible pre-2008 economic crash, but it has since lost credibility as inequality grows and entire communities are gutted by free market, anti-union, anti-worker ideology and policy."

To: S. maltophilia who wrote (1280)	10/31/2017 8:51:43 PM
From: Rarebird	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2202

During the early part of the campaign, I thought Trump was more liberal than Hillary. He at least talked the talk in terms of the problems of the working class, whereas Hillary thought everything was beautiful for the working class. Being from NYC, I knew, of course, that Trump was all talk, but I found it fascinating how he was able to position himself with the voters as being more sensitive, dovish and for working people than Hillary was. The Democrats got what they deserved. They are a hawkish, elitist party. They represent the white collar professionals and Wall Street. They care more about the school you graduate from than the problems of the working class. The Party, as presently constituted, is garbage. I will never forgive the DNC for it's treatment of Sanders.