My father and grandfather were life-long Democrats. They were blue collar, union-belonging, steel factory workers, with traditional American values and attitudes. My father says he can't stand Republicans, yet culturally he has more in common with them than he does with the Dems. Since both parties are beholden to big business and powerful lobbyists, he doesn't really have a party anymore.
2006-09-12 15:13:15 · 18 answers · asked by Eric H 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Sometime shortly after the death of President Kennedy
2006-09-12 16:08:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It didn't. Stop being a shill for the Neocons. I am a blue collar, union-belonging worker with traditional values and attitudes and I think you are full of ****. The only party that fights for the common worker are the Democrats.
2006-09-12 15:21:28 · answer #2 · answered by hgheartland 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not exactly sure when it happened but I know it did. Like you my parents also were Democrats because they were the party for working class at one time. I would venture to say it had to be somewhere around the 60's or 70's but that is really just a guess. I have worked with many men in a unionized shop and many of them are "democrats" because that is what their parents were. However, when you get to talking to them they are so republican in their way of thinking about most everything but as so many people in this country they do not follow politics at all and therefore do not even realize it. They just continue to vote democratic without even knowing what that means. It's truly sad.
2006-09-12 15:17:36 · answer #3 · answered by funlady6632@yahoo.com 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He could vote for the Green Party.
It's just that Democrats are intelligent, so they get really good educations and move up in the world. After a few generations it's no wonder they've become somewhat 'elite'. On the other hand, Republicans tend to be the less intelligent, less educated, more primitive and violent people.
2006-09-12 15:17:47 · answer #4 · answered by Paul J 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The party has both of those constituencies. But one important reason for why the Democrats have become taken over by "liberal elites" has to do with their version of constitutional law. Think about the Democrats' reaction to Judge Robert Bork's nomination to the Supreme Court in 1987 and what their opposition says about their elitism.
2006-09-12 15:16:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
News flash: Both the Republican and the Democratic "parties" are the party of the elite. It's not a left wing - right wing issue anymore, it's the top versus the bottom.
2006-09-12 15:18:26 · answer #6 · answered by Roland D. 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's sad but today the Democratic Party has turned into simply Party Nuts.
2006-09-12 15:25:05 · answer #7 · answered by G3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-14 22:52:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think about it. Do Bush's tax cuts and economic policies favor "the working man" or the "elites" (of both parties) more?
My taxes were cut by about $600. I'm not complaining, but it doesn't change my life for better or worse. Wealthy peoples' taxes were cut by tens of thousands of dollars. That's real money they can reinvest, or use to buy something nice.
2006-09-12 15:19:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 30 years ago. My family, too, were faithful Kennedy democrats. Until they noticed the wild embrace of unions in the 80's and the slow move away from God in the 90's.
2006-09-12 15:17:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋