Which party is more "blue collar"

[TheGlobalizer]

I voted Republican, but it's pretty close to a push.

You don't win elections by letting the other team be more blue collar.

Then if say there was a election in 2012 such as Ron Paul/John Stossel  vs Barack Obama/Joe Biden, how would they vote then?

In 2008?  Probably Obama.  Right message at the right time.  Biden's a goober but he's a blue collar-friendly goober.

In 2012?  Tossup, I'd give a slight edge to Paul until he goes tinfoil hat and scares the bejeezus out of the blue collar types.  Blue collar types don't like message without delivery.

I wouldn't consider Ron Paul to be a prototypical blue collar candidate, though.  He's a bit of a wonky and weird doctor-as-small-businessman thing.

I don't see Paul doing well with blue collar either. He's socially conservative but has appeal to 9/11 truthers and wants to bring back the gold standard.   

Yes, that was my point.  He would take the lead because "he says interesting stuff about money" and "the n***** isn't doing sh** to fix things".

[Username MechaRFK]

I voted Republican, but it's pretty close to a push.

You don't win elections by letting the other team be more blue collar.

Then if say there was a election in 2012 such as Ron Paul/John Stossel  vs Barack Obama/Joe Biden, how would they vote then?

In 2008?  Probably Obama.  Right message at the right time.  Biden's a goober but he's a blue collar-friendly goober.

In 2012?  Tossup, I'd give a slight edge to Paul until he goes tinfoil hat and scares the bejeezus out of the blue collar types.  Blue collar types don't like message without delivery.

I wouldn't consider Ron Paul to be a prototypical blue collar candidate, though.  He's a bit of a wonky and weird doctor-as-small-businessman thing.

I don't see Paul doing well with blue collar either. He's socially conservative but has appeal to 9/11 truthers and wants to bring back the gold standard.   

Yes, that was my point.  He would take the lead because "he says interesting stuff about money" and "the n***** isn't doing sh** to fix things".

Well, if they see this stuff about economics, they would outright not vote at all. Unless there some southern racist like a George Wallace or Storm Thurmond  running for president, the blue collars would vote for the racist.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

It's not so easy to say in the United States. Politics aren't really based on economic class.

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/

I take it you mean that politics is based on this sort of subculture (not on race or class)?

[courts]

It's not so easy to say in the United States. Politics aren't really based on economic class.

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/

I take it you mean that politics is based on this sort of subculture (not on race or class)?

It's based on the wrong sort of white person and diversity (in that order). Thankfully we have insightful men like Thomas Frank and David Brooks to point the way.

[All Along The Watchtower]

Politics aren't really based on economic class.

Sure they are. Just not in the way most people think.