> the Democratic Party's abandonment of Labor. The Democratic Party didn't abandon labor. Labor and the electorate abandoned the Democratic Party. Starved for

> the Democratic Party's abandonment of Labor. The Democratic Party didn't abandon labor. Labor and the electorate abandoned the Democratic Party. Starved for funding and votes, the Democratic Party moved right and embraced neoliberalism. Mondale was pro-labor. He was crushed by Reagan in 1984. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-to-work_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-to-work_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Leadership_Council https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Leadership_Council https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Democratic_Party#Presidency_of_Ronald_Reagan_(1981%E2%80%931989) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States... https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/22/magazine/labor-s-gamble-on-mondale.html https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/22/magazine/labor-s-gamble-o... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Way https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Way