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Summary

Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign failed to connect with low-income workers due to a perceived lack of listening, according to AFL-CIO, the largest federation of labor unions in the US.

While union members largely supported Harris, many low-income voters backed Trump, swayed by his messaging on economic insecurity.

Despite Biden’s pro-labor policies, including infrastructure investments, the AFL-CIO now faces challenges under a likely Trump presidency.

AFL-CIO emphasized labor unions’ resilience and commitment to fighting rollbacks while advancing organizing efforts.

With public approval for unions at a near 60-year high, the labor movement plans both defensive and offensive strategies to protect workers.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago

The answer is more propaganda directed towards the working class. How much could it cost to buy every am radio station?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Harris was a real candidate as much as the Tyson Paul fight was legit. Just another scam for the rich to grift.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Assertion unsupported by any facts.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Enjoy your reality homie get used to losing elections.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 13 hours ago

I have voted blue my entire godamned life, and said something ableist and derogatory against Republicans here and got shit on. These morons here don't understand that they can't keep doing this any more and we will never winan election again in our lifetimes unless a drastic culture change happens.

Woke is dead; money talks. This is what everyone thinks now, and if you don't believe me look at how badly we lost with voters to Republicans in every single aspect of government (entire fucking Congress from House to Senate, entire fucking Supreme Court, entire swaths of Blue Wall states fucking flipped, entire Executive Branch, etc.)

Wake the fuck up. Democratic Party needs to aggressively change and you should expect to be left behind.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

The campaign connected just fine with the college educated working class. It didn't connect with the highschool or less education working class. IMO it seems the big party divide today is higher education.

Working class should refer to people whose income is primarily derived from selling their labor vs the value of their assets.

We need to start using the term working class correctly.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

certainly didn't connect with me and my social circle and we're all college educated working class. maybe you're confusing people who voted for her as people who thought she was worth voting for?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 minutes ago* (last edited 9 minutes ago)

I know what you're getting at, but people who voted for her are by definition people who thought she was worth voting for. When all is said and done, that is the metric that mattered.

If you voted for Harris this past election cycle her campaign either spent the right amount or too much time catering to you... From a game theory perspective.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

It's so great, after a couple of months, I'll never have to see that losers face again. The memory of her name will also fade quickly.

It's the small things. God surely blesses us.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago

If Hillary and Cheney has anything to teach us, they roll out the disgraced politicians every 4 years to demoralize the base.

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