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The reason poor people vote Trump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQeGyVFiIpw

Trump voters:

Elites equal cultural class: not money.
Emotional politics outweigh material politics.
Motivated reasoning:
You’re not arguing policy, you’re arguing identity.

The video suggests three points as possible solutions, but the video itself already explained that those approaches might not work. See also the comment below.

  1. Here's what actually matters. Number one, material investment in rural communities. Legit tangible things like broadband, health care, infrastructure, vocational training and apprenticeships, small town revitalization, serious planning for postmanufacturing economies.
  2. Number two, cultural respect. This may sound crazy, but rural voters need to feel seen and not shamed. That doesn't mean validating harmful or racist beliefs. Not at all. It means acknowledging their experience without condescension.
  3. Number three, crossracial workingclass coalition. Groups like the Poor People's Campaign have argued that poor and low-income voters across race are a potential sleeping giant if mobilized around shared material interests. It is not easy. It's not easy. But it's one of the few ways out of politics built on resentment. Poor people didn't vote Trump because they're poor. They voted for him because their towns collapsed. Elites mocked them. Their identity felt threatened. Their future felt stolen. And a billionaire showed up speaking their emotional language. In the end, Trump didn't win their money, he won their recognition.

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@artemismoonbow2475 15 hours ago In 2009, President Obama used my hometown as both the archetype of the impact of the 2008 economic crisis and the center of his plan to rebuild. He went there 8 times over his presidency and absolutely saved it from complete devastation. Yet it is a red town, in a red county, in a red state. Yup, they still hate him for his efforts. Unbelievable.

The comment seems to be talking about Elkhart, Indiana. Looking at this huffpost article, Elkhart’s case seems to suggest that a lot of people will vote for politicians that talk like Trump, no matter what.

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