>Blaming “the rich” when voting turnout is so low and election participation is low is a non starter for me. A big part of the Republican electoral strategy is

>Blaming “the rich” when voting turnout is so low and election participation is low is a non starter for me. A big part of the Republican electoral strategy is disenfranchising working-class voters through any number of tactics, especially those subcategories of working-class people who they expect won’t vote for them. And that doesn’t even begin to address the structural and intentional hurdles to working class people’s participation in American democracy, from disenfranchisement via mass incarceration to fear of losing their jobs if they leave to vote.