The Third Way Middle-class Project The Politics of Opportunity The Case for a New Middle-Class Economic Message A Third Way Message Memo by Anne Kim, Director of the Middle-Class Project and Jim Kessler, Vice President for Policy With Bernard Schwartz and Adam Solomon, Third Way Trustees Introduction For at least the past decade, public opinion polls have given progressives consistent and even commanding leads over conservatives on the economy. But it’s a different story at the ballot box, where progressives have faced resounding defeats among those with between $30,000 and $75,000 in household income—especially white voters. Why have progressives persistently...