# Can the Democrats do anything to appeal to working class whites without abandoning their values

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [November 7, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-democrats-do-anything-to-appeal-to-working-class-whites-without-abandoning-their-values/770971 "2016-11-07T17:06:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-democrats-do-anything-to-appeal-to-working-class-whites-without-abandoning-their-values/770971/61 "2016-11-09T05:13:02Z")

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The liberals have been making a glaring mistake for the past couple of years. They have become increasingly emboldened and have relentlessly attacked working class whites as ignorant and have also attacked their religion. Big mistake.

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**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-democrats-do-anything-to-appeal-to-working-class-whites-without-abandoning-their-values/770971/62 "2016-11-09T08:32:36Z")

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Only thing I can think of is to find more effective propaganda that influences them. Republicans managed to get many many people to vote against their own self-interests, so in theory motivating people to vote in their own self-interests should be easier.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-democrats-do-anything-to-appeal-to-working-class-whites-without-abandoning-their-values/770971/63 "2016-11-10T00:58:20Z")

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> [@ataraxy22](#):
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And it did not catch on fire this time?

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