Working-class voters may be having second thoughts about MAGA, but they’re still abandoning the Democratic Party. Democrats’ ...

Class dealignment, in short, should be understood as a result of Democrats’ policy decisions in the 1990s and their work since 2000 to actively bring their electoral strategy into line with their ...

American politics, Timothy Shenk quips in his newest book, Left Adrift, “used to be simple: Republicans were for business, Democrats for labor.” But since the 1970s, class dealignment—the delinkage of ...

Can Economic Populism Save the Democratic Party? Jared Abbott, the director of the Center for Working-Class Politics, discusses what it would take for Democrats to better appeal to working-class ...

The squalid state of our present political institutions points to a failure of not just individuals but the system as a whole. Kamala Harris at the 2024 Democratic National Convention. With all eyes ...

When discussing class dealignment, we must consider an additional, crucial factor: education level and the distinct cultural capital it provides. Education has emerged as a key predictor of voting ...

The rivalry of two men tells the story of how Democrats fumbled with their traditional base—and how they can win again. American politics, Timothy Shenk quips in his newest book, Left Adrift, “used to ...