Tucked into the 22nd paragraph of a New York Times story on Republican online fundraising falling in recent months is this little nugget:
“Some Republican strategists said that their small-donor base is especially susceptible to price increases because their small donors are increasingly working class or rely on fixed incomes. A New York Times analysis of 2020 campaign contributions nationally showed that compared with Democrats, Republicans raised a far greater share of their money in ZIP codes where the median household income was less than $100,000, part of the evolving realignment between the two parties.” (emphasis added)
For generations, Democrats have sold themselves as the party of the working class, but as this data point — among many others — shows, that just isn’t true anymore. Democrats have become a party funded almost entirely by rich, white liberals. This is probably why the only tax changes Democrats were able to pass when they had control of the White House, Senate, and House was a massive tax cut for big business.
Republicans should definitely be alarmed that President Donald Trump appears to be sucking up tens of millions of dollars for his own benefit that could be going to Republican candidates this year. But Trump won’t be around forever.
The realignment of working-class voters, including working-class Hispanic voters, away from Democrats and toward Republicans is a long-term existential threat to the Democratic Party.
