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2016 Postmortem

YoungDemCA

(5,714 posts) Mon Dec 5, 2016, 12:21 PM Dec 2016

Re: the Democratic Party and organized labor... [View all]

It used to be that the Democratic Party's (electoral/political) fortunes were heavily dependent on labor unions. Nowadays it's the other way around. This reversal is entirely fucked up and a major part of the problem that Democrats face these days. Because Wall Street may be able to deliver more money than labor (with plenty of disgusting strings attached, of course) but they'll never be able to deliver votes - least of all in Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, etc.

My $0.02, YMMV.

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Re: the Democratic Party and organized labor... [View all] YoungDemCA Dec 2016 OP

Because Nixon used racist code to get the hard hats. duffyduff Dec 2016 #1

The sad fact is trump and conservatives top task is to destroy labor... beachbum bob Dec 2016 #2

2018 "boding well" for Democrats assumes a level of voter awareness not demonstrated in 2016. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #3

...and that Dems aren't five times louder on labor issues. n/t Orsino Dec 2016 #4

2018 will not change anything. Washington is a Exilednight Dec 2016 #5

Not true.... beachbum bob Dec 2016 #6

Then you're not paying attention. Exilednight Dec 2016 #7

The Senate map is bad in 2018. Ace Rothstein Dec 2016 #9

Union members vote their guns more than their jobs these days. hollowdweller Dec 2016 #8