Yes majority of Americans are Socially Liberal… But they are also Fiscally Conservative and when taxes, healthcare, defense spending come into play, the GOP message is gonna be louder for people to hear – PB/TK
Liberals can win again if they stop being so annoying and fix their ‘hamburger problem’ – By Josh Barro / July 17 2017
I’ve been haunted by a claim my KCRW colleague Rich Lowry made on our radio show a few weeks ago: Democrats keep coming up short in elections because they won’t give any ground on “cultural issues” to win back the working-class voters they’ve alienated over the past decades.
On one hand, it’s obviously true that Democrats suffer from a cultural disconnect from non-college-educated voters who have abandoned the party in droves. Democrats believe their economic agenda should appeal to people with lower incomes, yet income has become a poor predictor of partisan alignment; Democrats’ substantial inroads with upscale suburban voters have been more than offset by the loss of voters down the income spectrum, most of whom did not finish college.
Most of the discussion of this trend has focused on non-college-educated white voters, who have swung heavily toward Republicans; but Democrats should also be worried about their disconnect with non-college-educated nonwhite voters, whose turnout declined precipitously in 2016.
On the other hand, when you look at the polling on specific “cultural issues,” Democrats usually have the edge.
Continue to businessinsider.com article: http://www.businessinsider.com/liberals-can-win-if-they-stop-being-so-annoying-2017-7
