Why are they leaving the Democratic Party so much? This seems like it has been a long-term trend since the 60s.
Of course, "white working class Democrats" is (or was 
) a pretty huge group of people, with many different sub-groups and such in that broad brush. But, as a general trend, they have become increasingly Republican (or at least, not reliable Democratic voters-or even reliable voters, in many cases )
Does this trend say more about white working class voters, or the direction the Democratic Party has taken (for better or worse) in recent years? Or maybe, it says more about the state of American politics in this age, no?
well the party as a whole has lost much of that demographic but that's largely due to the fact that there are less white working class people period. Most of the jobs they once held are now held by people of latin american descent.
