Liberals can’t convincingly pretend they don’t have contempt for the working class

Published July 19, 2017 3:50pm ET



Political observers are having some fun diagnosing the Democratic Party’s problem with working-class voters. For conservatives, it seems to be a confirmation of our longtime insistence that liberals’ laughably insular cultural elitism was driving voters away from their candidates.

For the Left, this introspection is more complicated. Should they sacrifice evangelizing for the progressive values many in their party believe are non-negotiable to reconnect with voters in the Heartland?

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