Archive:Working-Class Voters
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WCP: Iowa’s Next Election: Bridging the Urban-Rural and Class Divide
Since the 2016 election of Donald Trump, many pundits have speculated about exactly what role rural and working-class voters had in his victory. In Working-Class Perspectives, Christopher R. Martin examines those theories in his home state of Iowa, and explores how education, income, and geography are correlated with counties that turned towards Trump in 2016.
Category: Visiting Scholars
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WCP: Will the British Working Class Stand Up and Fight Back?
A tired and familiar pattern has emerged in several countries: working-class voters rally behind nationalist, often populist politicians who promise relief but deliver policies that bring more econo
Categories: Labor Studies, Visiting Scholars
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WCP: Fractions within the Working Class
As Allison L. Hurst writes in this week's Working-Class Perspective, discussing the working class in the U.S. as a unified block ignores the immense complexity and diversity of working people. Even
Category: Visiting Scholars
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WCP: Working-Class Nostalgia
Many commentators in the US and the UK have attributed support for Donald Trump and Brexit to yearning for a return to an idealized past. In this week's Working Class Perspective, Tim Strangleman de
Category: Visiting Scholars
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WCP: Why Clinton Could Lose the Working Class in Ohio
As the Republican National Convention wraps up in Cleveland, John Russo explores why Hillary Clinton could lose working-class voters in Ohio and what she would need to do in order to win. The piece
Category: Visiting Scholars