Posted on 10/12/2021 6:43:13 AM PDT by Red Badger
In total, about 40% of voters live in these "factory towns," where, the report concludes, Democrats lost "major ground" that couldn't be recouped by the party's 2 to 1 gains in cities and surrounding suburbs.
Anew report concludes that Democrats lost more than 2 million votes this past decade in America's "factory towns."
The analysis, published by 21st Century Democrats, looked at 853 counties in 10 states — Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and Missouri — with small towns, removed from urban centers, built around manufacturing.
In total, about 40% of voters live in these "factory towns," where, the report concludes, Democrats lost "major ground" that couldn't be recouped by the party's 2 to 1 gains in cities and surrounding suburbs.
"This report shines a light on a huge political problem for Democrats, who have misjudged and failed to understand the needs of millions of voters," said John Pouland, spokesperson for 21st Century Democrats. "To win we must reflect on why we are failing to connect with huge parts of the country and how progressive policies can meet these families where they are to significantly improve their livelihoods."
The Center Square first reported on the political shift happening among Pennsylvania's once deep blue voting blocs — construction trade unions chief among them — in June 2020.
At the time, union officials said the Democratic Party's progressive energy policies risked alienating their members, whose livelihoods remain tied to fossil fuel production.
Donald Trump flipped the once reliably blue Keystone state in 2016 by 44,292 votes. In the three counties that pivoted Republican — Erie, Luzerne and Northampton — state data show residents work primarily in blue collar industries supported by coal and natural gas development.
Trump narrowly lost Erie and Northampton counties in 2020, and his 20 point lead in Luzerne shrank to just a 14 point spread. But, between 2012 and 2020, Republicans' 428,000 vote gain among rural communities and small and mid-size factory towns outpaced Democrats' 199,000 vote advantage in cities and suburbs, the report found.
The analysis also finds correlation between manufacturing job losses and support for Republican candidates — the more attrition a town experiences, the more voters turn away from the Democratic Party.
In Lackawanna County, where President Joe Biden's native Scranton is located, manufacturing jobs declined 38% over the past 20 years, costing the Democratic Party more than 17,000 votes between 2012 and 2020.
In nearby Luzerne County, factory jobs shrank 28%, and the party lost about 28,000 votes in the same time period.
Even in major cities with some manufacturing loss, the Republican Party made "moderate" gains. In Philadelphia, for example, the city has shed nearly half of its factory jobs since 2001. The Democratic Party picked up just under 15,000 votes compared to Republicans' 36,000 gain.
Mike Lux, founder of American Family Voices, said the party must deliver better jobs, higher wages, lower health care costs, stronger unions and more worker protections if they want to reverse this trend.
"Factory towns through the industrial heartland have been moving the wrong way for more than a decade, and this is a huge problem for the Democratic Party," he said. "It's not going to be easy to win them back — it is going to take a long-term investment in organizing."
In some form or fashion that has been going on since humans were
placed on this earth. So what good is it, I have no idea what the
outcome will be. But change will come as it has since time began.
It may or may not be interesting to see or live in.
But a Nation should have the right to control its own trade policy without being dictated to by foreign organizations controlled by unfriendly powers.
Why work to earn their vote? Just flood the zone with fentanyl and they can all die. Dems won’t get their votes, but neither will Republicans. Problem solved.
Just looking back to 1987 to now has resulted in huge changes
from social to financial changes. Frightening to say the least.
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Yep I was born in 1940 and the changes over that span has been
enormous. And change will continue. We grew what we ate and
butchered the animals for meat, some still sewed their clothes etc.
Racial inequality was still prevalent in many areas and still exist
today. The most major change is the welfare system we have in
place today, imo. But life goes and will until death.
Factory towns are trivial and irrelevant
The coalition of City States control and will destroy the factory towns
The tyranny of the coalition of city states now rules America
I may be ahead of you on the departure schedule, but I’ve
enjoyed my stay.
I was certain we would get the 6-7 votes needed for control of the House for months.
Cautiously I’m thinking the margin may be 10-20, but if this deterioration of DemoKKKrat support continues, could be 50.
I know, “fraud,” but this is flooding the zone and it’s extremely difficult to pull off fraud in 100 House races-—as evidenced by the +8 gain by GOP in 2020 despite Trump’s so called “loss.”
That leaves only the Senate, where I think Walker will beat the Warlock; Sununu will win; and unless Mandel’s weenie has cost him that race, we should hold OH for a net gain of 2.
Don’t think so. If they could cheat in House races, we wouldn’t have gained seats in 2020. House races are much more difficult for fraud, esp when you have maybe 75-100 actually in play.
We’ll take the House. The only real question is by how much. Could be 10, could be 50.
FIFY.
This is why they are packing the vote with illegals from everywhere!............................
ALL of which Dominion machines made up for with MILLIONS of phony votes.
If the problems of the 2020 Elections aren't fixed, voting and honest elections are useless going forward.
As if it matters anymore.
Well, don’t be so fast. They have to know that these people aren’t all DemoKKKrats, or even a majority of them.
Baris’s polling found that recent “Hispanic” immigrants were substantially registering as Republicans, overwhelmingly so if they came from tyrannical places like Cuba, Honduras, Venezuela. This is actually one of the reasons FL is now red. He said the FL GOP was registering them as they came in. So it’s a bad miscalculation if the DemoKKKrats are counting on this.
This comes as no surprise to those who run the RAT party behind closed doors which is why they have effectively done away with our border and own the vote counting - they have it all in hand and this news is just a part of the kabuki show.
Just like the GOP-e.
When you stop listening to your base and start doing what you want, your base moves on.
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