Post #2914574
2024-12-17 11:59 UTC
@Kraemer_HB@mastodon.social Except that both in 2016 and 2024, polling results show that people in that economic bracket voted for the Democratic candidate in larger numbers than for Trump. Trump's real support is in the affluent and in economic elites.
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@Kraemer_HB@mastodon.social 2024-12-17 12:32
@wdlindsy@toad.social I'm not sure if economic elites are enough to get near 50% of the votes. The German "petite bourgeoisie" was not poor, back then. But inflation destroyed their savings, so they felt threatened in their status. Additionally, they felt Germany lost its status as great power after WW1, and that's an important part of discourse in America right now. I was shocked that more voters thought Trumps foreign policy would be better for the US.