Two historians have said that the Democratic Party was wrong to overlook Bernie Sanders' policies for working class people.

Summary

Historians suggest Democrats might have fared better against Donald Trump by embracing the economic issues championed by Senator Bernie Sanders, who has long pushed for a focus on ā€œbread-and-butterā€ concerns for working-class voters.

Despite Kamala Harrisā€™s progressive policies, polls showed Trump was favored on economic issues, particularly among working-class and Hispanic voters.

Historian Leah Wright Rigueur argued that Sandersā€™ messaging on economic struggles could be key for future Democratic strategies.

Sanders himself criticized the party for ā€œabandoningā€ the working class, which he said has led to a loss of support across racial lines.

  • undergroundoverground@lemmy.world
    21Ā·
    1 month ago

    On the contrary, theyā€™re more important now than theyā€™ve ever been. There also hasnā€™t been an election where the highest spender didnā€™t win. Its THE determining factor.

    The same people who fund presidential campaigns for Republicans also spend lots of money on influencing democratic nominee choices. The whole things been captured.

    Its like you all canā€™t see the woods for the trees, in the politest way possible. You see the state of trump and all the things that make him an aweful candidate and you say ā€œhow could the dems not beat thatā€ instead of ā€œwhat on earth could exert so much influence that even being that terrible couldnā€™t stop him?ā€

    Thereā€™s no amount of ā€œthe dems not having a strong enough messageā€ that overcomes the divide in the candidates, without huge influence. Their campaign wasnā€™t great but no where close enough to lose to someone like trump, in a fair fight. It wouldā€™ve had to have been utterly shocking from start to finish and, as bad as it was, it wasnā€™t that bad.

    • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works
      9Ā·
      1 month ago

      You really think Trump outspent Harris? Youā€™d be wrong, go look at the data, trump just went on spaces ā€œnormalā€ people listen, such as podcasts, where Harris didnā€™t.

      He spoke about how America is broken, he gave incorrect reasons why, and is lying about helping people with his policies, but he didnā€™t lie and tell people everything is fine like the dems

      • undergroundoverground@lemmy.world
        1Ā·
        1 month ago

        Then this would be the first time in modern American history that this has happened. If so, then thats a huge thing and most likely, itā€™ll be the social media owners now being more disproportionally ppowerful. That would be more in line with everything thatā€™s happened before.

        Youre also relying on accurate self reporting from musk, the republicans and trump there.

        Iā€™m basing what Iā€™ve said on whats happened before. Election spending wonā€™t be reliably verifiable this quickly.