Democrats confront ‘existential’ problem of winning back blue-collar workers

Published June 5, 2025 6:00am ET



A range of Democratic and progressive groups are all working on the same problem — how to win back working-class voters.

For the Democratic Party, the loss of blue collar support since President Donald Trump entered the political arena represents a crisis that threatens its prospects for a generation. But how to fix it is a riddle that could take years to answer.

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