[Disambiguator]

Why would they be associated with the middle class in the first place?

Decades of brainwashing. The Democrats are for the "little guy," but Republicans are the party of cigar smoking fat cats in spats and top hats.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Yup. Here in Pennsyltucky the white middle class has long swallowed that bit hook, line and sinker.

If Libs are losing the white middle class it’s due to the Ferguson Factor and not economics.

[Vigilanteman]

To the liberals, people in the middle class are those who work for the government, are members of favored unions or preferably, both.

New York even has a "Working Families" Party line which fits this definition to a "T" and allows them to disassociate with Democrats while at the same time giving their votes to Democrats.

The rest of us slugs who aren't so connected are, evidently, not working families regardless of how much work we actually do.

[painter]

but Republicans are the party of cigar smoking fat cats in spats and top hats.

Don't worry the GOPe will make sure everyone remember they are STILL Cigar Smoking Fat Cats.