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WSJ: Trump Is Converting GOP to Populist, Pro-Employee Party
Breitbart ^ | 19 Oct 2019 | NEIL MUNRO

Posted on 10/19/2019 4:11:14 PM PDT by Hojczyk

Mr. Trump accelerated the movement of working-class voters into the Republican Party, creating a GOP that now represents more middle- and lower-income Americans … He has reframed much of the Republican agenda to appeal to these voters, particularly on trade, immigration and foreign affairs, in many cases upending 40 years of GOP policy.

In turn, the Democrats are increasingly the party of America’s wealthiest cities, post-industrial business leaders, and the “woke” professional class.

This political transformation, however, means that U.S. college graduates have few friends in Washington, D.C., to protect their economic interests in a shifting economy.

The WSJ provides the data:

The Republican Party now represents more middle- and lower-income Americans than it did a decade ago. When all the U.S. House districts are ranked by median income, the GOP now represents 58% of the lower-income half of that spectrum, up from 39% of lower-income districts a decade ago. And it represents 34% of the higher-income half, down from 43% a decade ago.

But the shift also exacerbates the average voter’s tension with the GOP’s wealthier leadership class. The WSJ reported:

The most ardent Trump supporters agree with Mr. Trump’s restrictive positions on immigration and his opposition to efforts to address climate change, among other policies. The party-supporting Republicans believe immigration helps the nation and that near-term action to fight climate change is needed.

The share of white GOP members with college degrees has dropped from 40 percent in 2012 down to 29 percent in 2018., while the share of non-college grads has climbed from 50 percent in 2010 to 59 percent in 2018.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: gop; maga; populism; trump; trump2020; trumppopulism
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

41 posted on 10/19/2019 5:01:13 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave." -- Frederick Douglass)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

Exactly. I never got a job from a poor man.


42 posted on 10/19/2019 5:05:07 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The media is after us. Trump's just in the way.)
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To: alternatives?

If they think “deplorables” aren’t college-educated, they have no idea.

However, it doesn’t take much education to determine Democrats are just radiating almost-constant BS these days.


43 posted on 10/19/2019 5:10:53 PM PDT by JennysCool
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To: llevrok

I find it so interesting how the paradigm has totally flipped over between the two idiologies.

It hasn’t totally flipped. You think Mitch McConnell supports the interests of working people?


44 posted on 10/19/2019 5:18:16 PM PDT by rintintin
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To: Hojczyk

The return of the Whig Party.


45 posted on 10/19/2019 5:27:54 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: rintintin

You think Mitch McConnell supports the interests of working people?


Was thinking the same. We just had a bunch of “Republicans” in the Senate undermining the MAGA agenda they were elected to support and are voting with the Democrats. The GOP looks pretty much the same to me, unfortunately. The voters spoke and elected Trump. The GOPe doesn’t care one bit and is carrying on like Trump doesn’t even exist.


46 posted on 10/19/2019 5:29:29 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: lodi90

Trump can take over the party but it needs a name change....

GOP is disliked by a lot of people on this site...for what they did not do and are not doing now....

With a name change we can make the Trump themes front and center...
No illegal immigration...you can not do that if you keep the GOP name..

Same way with no more wars...unless we have a General Patton..


47 posted on 10/19/2019 5:43:09 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

The new MAGA Party works for me.


48 posted on 10/19/2019 5:45:29 PM PDT by Trumpnado2016 (Welcome to Trump World.)
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To: onyx
I am a Trump Republican.

Yes, so am I, and so are most rank and file Republicans.

I have NO USE for Republicans who DON’T support President Trump!

Well, they are not Republicans, but in name only. They proved this by not supporting many long stated traditional GOP positions, when presented by The President.

Until they are replaced, and they absolutely should be, they have only one value...that letter "R" after their name, which is merely a nose count for the majority status and control of the committees.

Other than that, we don't need their kind.

GET EM OUT!!!

49 posted on 10/19/2019 5:46:08 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (We need to reach across the aisle, extend a hand...And slap the crap out of them)
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To: Hojczyk

I like The American Freedom Party. AFP


50 posted on 10/19/2019 5:50:02 PM PDT by kanawa (Trump Loves a Great Deal (NorthernSentinel))
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To: Trumpnado2016

The new MAGA Party works for me.

That’s my preference as well.

I became a proud Deplorable officially in April 2016 so that I could vote for Trump in my state’s primary.

I had been a registered RAT for 38 years but am now only supporting my POTUS and those wise GOPers who stand with him.


51 posted on 10/19/2019 6:10:43 PM PDT by edie1960
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To: JennysCool

“If they think “deplorables” aren’t college-educated, they have no idea.”

I couldn’t believe the comment about college educated in the article. The WSJ author has to be retarded. Any independent thinker with an IQ over room temperature can’t vote Democrat. It is sad there really isn’t any choice.


52 posted on 10/19/2019 6:12:52 PM PDT by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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To: cba123; Hojczyk; V K Lee; HarleyLady27

You know, the really good thing about this is the name change kind of solidifies the party that Trump has transformed the GOP into.

And why try to set up a new party? That’s fraught with danger. Better to change the name. And then all the baggage that the Dems have pushed on the Republican label falls away.

People who are Dems may never want to join a Republican party, but a Worker’s Party or America Greatness Party. Whatever. They can move to something like that. It’s new and so we capture that dynamism. Let the wordsmiths go to work on the idea.

And as for an animal symbol, why not an American animal such as the mountain lion or grizzly bear — a NFL style name that Joe Six Pack American can be proud to adopt as his own :-)

What do you think,V K and HarleyLady?


53 posted on 10/19/2019 6:16:05 PM PDT by poconopundit (Will Kamel Harass pay reparations? Her ancestors were black Slave Owners in Jamaica.)
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To: Hojczyk

I love when the Leftists think they’re insulting Trump, and it’s exactly what he should be doing, and he and we are all very happy to hear the good news.


54 posted on 10/19/2019 6:16:20 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (This space for rent.)
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To: llevrok

Republicans with sheepskins are automatically suspect.


55 posted on 10/19/2019 6:16:21 PM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election))
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To: alternatives?

True but many of the grads are in post industrial occupations, finance, info tech,the arts. They have little interest in following into the family life footsteps of Trump supporters. Marriage, kids, even sutos are not high on their list.


56 posted on 10/19/2019 6:19:55 PM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: edie1960

Great to hear, Edie!

Actually, though I was a Republican my entire voting life, it was Trump who taught me that the Dems and Repubs had evolved into the Uniparty.

So like you, it feels like I joined a new party! Go Trump!


57 posted on 10/19/2019 6:23:02 PM PDT by poconopundit (Will Kamel Harass pay reparations? Her ancestors were black Slave Owners in Jamaica.)
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To: Aria
As I see it the rats USED to be the party of working people until Clintons arrived and dismissed “deplorables” aka the “Forgotten” so Trump saw the gap and ran into it.

Hillary owns this all by herself. Bill was never like that, and in fact, tried to warn Hillary about it, but was all but ignored by her campaign staff. His instincts were correct on the issue. But, that pretty much insured her loss, to the benefit of our country. Her recent rants about Russian infiltrators and agents shows how insane and demented she really is.

58 posted on 10/19/2019 7:01:39 PM PDT by AlaskaErik
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To: llevrok

I think we now have four major parties in US: the Country Club Republicans, the Republicans, the Liberal Party and the Leftist Party.


59 posted on 10/19/2019 7:05:05 PM PDT by Karoo
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To: JennysCool

...the Left will retreat ...
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while it’s been decades & decades since I was any sort of D party member, and while I no longer really know these people, I do hear things now and again.

The progs never change. In reaction to anything that frightens them, they form groups, make lists and ask everyone to share their resources with each other.

In practice, this means small group organization, lists of personal resources and expertise and then everyone requests, aka demands, *help* and assistance from those who admit to having resources and expertise.

Ironically, if anyone NOT under their collective thumb volunteers to educate or exchange equal value help, the response is a hairy eyeball and palpable disengagement.

It always fails because one of the qualifiers is “people just like us, only”.

They cannibalize each other and stand around pointing fingers if anyone demurs. This causes the groups to shrink, before falling apart, and increases the paranoia within their ranks.

My last exposure to this was about 5 years ago in a chance public encounter. As we left, we marveled to each other that the experience felt exactly like a reprise of 1970s ‘Back To The Land’ encounter. everyone signs up to take and no one really wants to give anything without profiting.


60 posted on 10/19/2019 7:20:26 PM PDT by reformedliberal
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