is the term "white working class" a double count?

[freepcrusher]

An example of a double count for instance is minorities and young voters when many minorities are young voters. Is it possible that the white working class is a double count because many in the wwc are in occupations/backgrounds hostile to dems (i.e. army/law enforcement) and disproportionately evangelical compared to non working class whites (who are more mainline/unitarian/jewish).

[Beet]

So? It's clear that many white working class voters who were once open to voting Democratic have turned away from the party, so whether they have a military or evangelical background shouldn't matter, unless you think there's been a sudden surge in military or evangelical voters recently.

[Kevin]

So? It's clear that many white working class voters who were once open to voting Democratic have turned away from the party, so whether they have a military or evangelical background shouldn't matter, unless you think there's been a sudden surge in military or evangelical voters recently.

I wouldn't count many military or evangelical voters to be a part of the white working class. As many  of them fit into the middle class or upper class category.

Likewise some of these voters aren't even white to begin with.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Beet's right.

[freepcrusher]

what I mean is that once you control for things like religiosity, military service, gun ownership - how do democrats do with wwc vs non-wwc whites? If the dems still do a lot worse with the wwc when controlling for that, then thats a problem. Otherwise, the dems shouldn't be ashamed to lose the wwc.