Ruy Teixeira

I think that's fair. I mean, obviously, it's not a continuous process. There's peaks and valleys, spikes, changes, not a straight line, even going upward, right? It's not a smooth process. But by and large, the last 30 years has seen You could even take it back farther potentially.

I think that's fair. I mean, obviously, it's not a continuous process. There's peaks and valleys, spikes, changes, not a straight line, even going upward, right? It's not a smooth process. But by and large, the last 30 years has seen You could even take it back farther potentially.

I think that's fair. I mean, obviously, it's not a continuous process. There's peaks and valleys, spikes, changes, not a straight line, even going upward, right? It's not a smooth process. But by and large, the last 30 years has seen You could even take it back farther potentially.

A realignment of the working class away from the Democratic Party and toward the Republicans and then a realignment of the college educated and especially the educated affluent away from the Republicans toward the Democrats. So they really kind of shifted bases in an odd sort of way. There's a famous chart from the 2024 election. I forget the guy who did it, but basically he looked at

A realignment of the working class away from the Democratic Party and toward the Republicans and then a realignment of the college educated and especially the educated affluent away from the Republicans toward the Democrats. So they really kind of shifted bases in an odd sort of way. There's a famous chart from the 2024 election. I forget the guy who did it, but basically he looked at

A realignment of the working class away from the Democratic Party and toward the Republicans and then a realignment of the college educated and especially the educated affluent away from the Republicans toward the Democrats. So they really kind of shifted bases in an odd sort of way. There's a famous chart from the 2024 election. I forget the guy who did it, but basically he looked at

Education and income differentiation, polarization between the parties. And the coalition that the Democrats had in 2024 bears the most relationship to the Dole Coalition of 1996 in terms of... Wow, that's a great, that's a fascinating... Pretty wild, huh?

Education and income differentiation, polarization between the parties. And the coalition that the Democrats had in 2024 bears the most relationship to the Dole Coalition of 1996 in terms of... Wow, that's a great, that's a fascinating... Pretty wild, huh?

Education and income differentiation, polarization between the parties. And the coalition that the Democrats had in 2024 bears the most relationship to the Dole Coalition of 1996 in terms of... Wow, that's a great, that's a fascinating... Pretty wild, huh?

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So what say you? Well, I think it's pretty clear that in Raw...

So what say you? Well, I think it's pretty clear that in Raw...

So what say you? Well, I think it's pretty clear that in Raw...

political arithmetic terms they need to tack back toward the working class because it's not really a viable strategy over the medium to long term to keep losing working class voters and try to replace them with college educated voters, particularly when you're starting to lose, you know, this has really been the case in the last couple of cycles, you're starting to lose non-white working class voters, especially Hispanic working class voters.

political arithmetic terms they need to tack back toward the working class because it's not really a viable strategy over the medium to long term to keep losing working class voters and try to replace them with college educated voters, particularly when you're starting to lose, you know, this has really been the case in the last couple of cycles, you're starting to lose non-white working class voters, especially Hispanic working class voters.

political arithmetic terms they need to tack back toward the working class because it's not really a viable strategy over the medium to long term to keep losing working class voters and try to replace them with college educated voters, particularly when you're starting to lose, you know, this has really been the case in the last couple of cycles, you're starting to lose non-white working class voters, especially Hispanic working class voters.

but also including black working class voters. So the working class as a whole is just becoming increasingly Republican. And since the working class outnumbers the college educated, something like, depends on if you look at eligible voters or actual voters, probably about two to one and eligible, maybe 60, 40 in terms of people who show up.

but also including black working class voters. So the working class as a whole is just becoming increasingly Republican. And since the working class outnumbers the college educated, something like, depends on if you look at eligible voters or actual voters, probably about two to one and eligible, maybe 60, 40 in terms of people who show up.