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Democratic Socialists Win Elections With Wealthy White Voters Not Working Class
Reality Check with Ross Coulthart
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"A 2021 survey of DSA members found that 85% were white, just 9% were Hispanic, and just 4% black. Even Trump got 24% of black men to vote for him, and he won Hispanic men outright. As for a working-class organization, just 4% of DSA members had blue-collar jobs, while six in 10 had professional jobs, and the remainder were unemployed or students. Over 80% had a college degree."
Host Batya Ungar-Sargon reveals that Democratic Socialists of America candidates are winning primaries by attracting affluent, college-educated white voters rather than the working-class, multiracial coalition they claim to represent. Recent socialist victories in Denver, New York, and Maine show candidates losing working-class and Hispanic neighborhoods while dominating high-income areas with college-educated voters. The analysis exposes a fundamental disconnect between DSA rhetoric about representing workers and the actual demographic composition of their support base.
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Reality Check with Ross Coulthart