Two historians have said that the Democratic Party was wrong to overlook Bernie Sanders' policies for working class people.

Summary

Historians suggest Democrats might have fared better against Donald Trump by embracing the economic issues championed by Senator Bernie Sanders, who has long pushed for a focus on “bread-and-butter” concerns for working-class voters.

Despite Kamala Harris’s progressive policies, polls showed Trump was favored on economic issues, particularly among working-class and Hispanic voters.

Historian Leah Wright Rigueur argued that Sanders’ messaging on economic struggles could be key for future Democratic strategies.

Sanders himself criticized the party for “abandoning” the working class, which he said has led to a loss of support across racial lines.

    • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 days ago

      Probably, but it was still absolutely braindead moronic and blatantly in bad faith in multiple ways. First of all, most Hispanic Americans came from somewhere other than Cuba, so the bullshit about “socialism” doesn’t even begin to apply. Second, communism as implemented by Cuba is entirely fucking different from the socialism advocated for by Bernie Sanders, and conflating them is not only ridiculous but downright defamatory.