A lot of older people in the rust belt vote Democrat because of unions. They are pretty conservative, socially, but the Dems bought their vote and so now voting blue is just the done thing.
It's pretty wild to see in action. Back when I lived up there I knew a guy who was a factory worker for life, until he wasn't. He ended up delivering pizza at 60-something. Being a college town he was able to make a living but also exposed to progressivism. He hated it. He would openly talk about "those faggots and these niggers" but would vote Dem because they "had his back"
The Dems kind of dropped the ball on this and that's why you are seeing "traditionally" blue pro-union areas going red.
The children and grand-children of people like the guy I mentioned, not having to work in a factory and being afforded the chance to go to college, vote Dem almost solely for the progressive politics. It's funny, in a tragic way.
A lot of older people in the rust belt vote Democrat because of unions. They are pretty conservative, socially, but the Dems bought their vote and so now voting blue is just the done thing.
It's pretty wild to see in action. Back when I lived up there I knew a guy who was a factory worker for life, until he wasn't. He ended up delivering pizza at 60-something. Being a college town he was able to make a living but also exposed to progressivism. He hated it. He would openly talk about "those faggots and these niggers" but would vote Dem because they "had his back"
The Dems kind of dropped the ball on this and that's why you are seeing "traditionally" blue pro-union areas going red.
The children and grand-children of people like the guy I mentioned, not having to work in a factory and being afforded the chance to go to college, vote Dem almost solely for the progressive politics. It's funny, in a tragic way.
Dems hate white people now. A record low number of people are in unions. More colored people every day. Math works out.