The 43% of Democrats who say the U.S. benefits from having a class of rich people is down significantly from six years ago, and Democrats remain much more negative than either Republicans or independents about the impact of a rich class. Roughly eight in 10 (81%) Republicans and 57% of […] Read more »
Whites’ Unease Shadows the Politics of a More Diverse America
… Mr. Trump’s rise to the presidency prompted widespread efforts to understand the motivations of the white working-class voters who propelled him into the White House. It fueled scorching debates over the role that racism played in the presidential election. Economists proposed that workers in distress because of trade and […] Read more »
Americans give Trump credit for good economy, mixed reviews on North Korea
Nearly two in three Americans think the nation’s economy is in good shape, and most of them believe President’s Trump’s policies are at least somewhat responsible for that. More Republicans rate the economy positively than do Democrats. … Americans give Mr. Trump mixed marks on his approach to negotiations and […] Read more »
Two counties tell the tale of a growing education gap
In a country marked by deep political divides, higher education has become another partisan marker, with polls showing that Americans who have a college degree trending towards Democrats in their politics and less likely to support President Donald Trump. The political shorthand that’s evolved around education, however, misses a larger […] Read more »
Modern-day ‘Class Consciousness’ and ‘Class Resentment’
… There is, of course, tremendous resistance among social scientists and historians to the idea that American white workers can be said to have anything like a “class consciousness” at all. While it is considered acceptable to use the term to describe, for example, the attitudes of British working class […] Read more »
White people get more conservative when they move up — not down — economically
President Trump’s election upended the conventional view of U.S. class politics. Republicans have long been considered the party of the affluent and upwardly mobile, while Democrats have appealed to the economically disadvantaged. But many observers have suggested that Trump “tapped into the anger of a declining middle class” rooted in […] Read more »