Letters to the Editor
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Coalitions
When we talk about white, working class voters, we don't talk about one incredibly taboo subject: religion. A majority of white, working class voters are self registered christians, who are being told how to vote from the pulpit (in direct violation of tax law, might I add).
The solution to this is to reach out to those voters in a way that will convince them that we can make their lives economically and substantially better so as to marginalize "socially" divisive issues. at the end of the day, the candidate who promises to put more food on their table and make their car payments easier is going to win, nomatter what anti-abortion, anti-Islam, craziness their pastor cooks up. So we promise to get jobs back to those areas of the country hit hardest.
The bottom line: Actually make life better economically, and we don't have the problem of "bitter" or "white working class" or "christian v. non christian". But if all we're going to do is make hollow promises, all we're going to get is hollow elections. How do we fix this between now and november is unknown to me, but maybe if the democratic congress put some bills on the table that talked about seriously bringing jobs back to America, we'd get a little mroe traction among the working classes.