It seems like the Republican party was traditionally the wealthier person't party, while the Democratic party was for the blue collar. Oddly enough, it seems to me like this trend has reversed. The higher income people are Democratic these days, and you see lots of Republican supporters coming from the working class neighborhoods. Any thoughts?
2006-10-26 01:09:35 · 7 answers · asked by Michael F 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
The Republican party knew it couldn't create a right wing majority in the U.S. In the early 1990s, they decided to create a center-right majority, which they did using the motto; the Moral Majority. They used the issue of abortion to attract hordes of middle class moderates into the party. Up until that time, the middle class moderates usually voted Democratic.
Today's term for these ex-Democratic moderates is RINOs, Republican in name only. A split is starting to appear between the ultra-conservatives and the moderates within the Republican party, and the coalition put together in the 90s is beginning to dissolve.
These moderates today, however, find no place to go. Because of the evaporation effect on the Democratic party during the 90s, that party has marched too far left to satisfy moderates.
The next few years will be interesting politically, as the landscape reshapes.
2006-10-26 01:36:37 · answer #1 · answered by Overt Operative 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Most people don't realize this: Goldwater, the first Conservative Republican to run for president, chased the Blue Nose Rich Republicans out of the GOP.
These Blue Noses took over the Democrat Party and ran it until the socialists gained so much power.
Now, the base of the Republican Party is working people.
The base of the Democrat Party is the idle rich and welfare people.
You are very perceptive. Good Question.
2006-10-26 08:41:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great observation.
Though the fact that both parties have always been controlled by the wealthy has never changed, the reality of the DNC's call for more government programs has pushed the working middle class to the GOP. The middle class is just barely getting by and feel they can not afford to pay more taxes to support the DNC's programs.
The recent GOP actions of fiscal overspending combined with the "do nothing congress" have as much to do with their demise as the war in Iraq. Hence if the war is a negative they had plenty of time to balance the budget, pass immigration law, improve government services, pass ethic laws and campaign finance reform etc... to counter attack the negative attacks.
2006-10-26 09:17:28 · answer #3 · answered by mymadsky 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's normal. The US citizens are just a bunch of ill bred blue collar individuals with quite some wealth compared with the rest of the world. So there isn't any noticeable difference between the two parties.
2006-10-26 08:12:44 · answer #4 · answered by Politia 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I haven't seen this trend and the only explanation would be the farmers in the south that think the reps care about their christian beliefs.
2006-10-29 19:34:11 · answer #5 · answered by cynical 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I think a lot of democrats are very well to do these days.
2006-10-26 08:13:29 · answer #6 · answered by Stand 4 somthing Please! 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
True.
2006-10-26 08:10:44 · answer #7 · answered by elw 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋