His family name is soiled now lol <:haha:583236087137435659>

GG @Dr.Cosby, you just advanced to level 47!

so dems are the party for the poor?

Party for the people

for: in favor of

I think the Dems are the party for a more equitable society

Which means Dems are the party of the middle class and class mobility

so logically this would mean, in order to be elected, republicans would need more rich people...
and Democrats would benefit from having more poor people no?

No

That's not how politics work.

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how do Republicans get elected if they never help the poor who outnumber the rich?

You're aiming to make some extremely narrow remark pretty damn soon, aren't you?

There it is. lol

Lol

appeal to the Rich? lose votes.

Republicans have always been the pro business party

seems like a good thing

Since Nixon’s southern strategy, and really cemented in Bush’s 20014 campaign

*2004

Definitely if you're on the business end

of things.

They’ve run a right wing identity politics play

To cobble together a coalition

nixons southern strategy lol

flipped one seat

...

and then they voted for carter

That was literally the name of it

Uuuuh ok just look at an electoral map I guess

This is a weird thing to argue against

sure look at the election immediately following Nixon pls.

Anyway, there’s been a tension at times in the Republican Party between the populist right wing (which includes the very poor) and the business interests (which include the very rich)

Trump was in a way the victory of the populist right (racist/anti-immigrant/protectionist) against the pro-business right

anyway... moving on

The dem coalition is a different beast, at least since 65

Relying on unions (middle class) urban poor and blacks

But that’s been changing as the cities change, and now educated white suburbanites, which used to be solidly republican are leaning left

So to answer your question, republicans are the party of the ultra wealthy and the rural poor, democrats are the party of the urban middle class and educated suburbans

muh southern strategy

She's telling you things in good faith.