Sam Smith – The rise in Trumpism is due in no small part to changes that has occurred in the Democratic Part and liberal polices in recent decades, Here are few changes that could be made before th 2022 election:
- Stop attacking whites. There are more poor whites in poverty than there are blacks in total. Attacking “white privilege” is a lousy way to appeal to lower class whites who voted for Trump
- Have programs for the future rather than emphasizing past evils. A large number of Trump states are former members of the confederacy. Getting into arguments over slavery is a lousy way of moving these stares forward.
- Speak United States: As liberals have become better educated their language has increasingly become that of grad students rather than ordinary Americans. To the average American “repairing bridges” makes a lot more sense than “improving infrastructure.”
- Explain what your doing. One of the reasons the Build Back Better bill didn’t make it is because most Americans didn’t know what was in it. Not only should the major benefits have been much clearer, the White House should have release data on how it would affect each state.
- Organize lower and middle class voters. One reason we’re in the current mess is because of the major decline in labor unions, which educated as well organized workers. This, combined with the liberal disinterest in lower class voters has open these voters to Trump lies. One
to deal with this problem: create a multiethnic group dedicated to organizing lower and middle class voters. It could be modeled a bit on the AARP, called the AmericanAlliance of Working People.
Give more emphasis to rural issues: The actual size of the rural population has made it easy for liberal urban leaders to ignore it, but thanks to the distortions of the electoral college and district manipulation it has more power than it seems to many. One way to deal with this is to have strong rural programs.
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