The white working class: what everyone needs to know

Who are white working class people? What do they believe? What has driven them to break so sharply with the world's trajectory toward a more borderless, interconnected meritocracy? The White Working Class: What Everyone Needs to Know® presents the context for understanding the political ideologies, actions, and behavior of this complicated constituency. Providing an accessible introduction to the white working class, this book argues that they must be understood if the world is to address and respond to the social and political phenomena they are driving

4. White Working-​Class People and Voting. What are white working-​class voting trends over time?; Why do white working-​class people support Donald Trump and Radical Right parties?; Will Trumpism outlast Donald Trump?; How will white working-​class people change the Republican Party?; Do white working-​class people vote against their own interests?; 5. Public Debates about White Working-​class People. Was the white working class ever "on top"?; Are white working-​class people "trapped" in poverty?; How has the decline in unions affected white working-​class politics?; What does the left have to do to win working-​class white votes?; Can white working-​class problems be solved?; Notes; Index