Democrats once represented the working class. Not any more (opens in new tab)

Incumbent Democrats and the DNC no longer represent the working class, but there is a new class of democrats that do. Bernie Sanders represents the working class. Look at the county maps for Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan [1]. The people in the cities there thought that Bernie was too progressive and so "unelectable" while these "backwards" racist rural voters actually voted for him. The DNC and Hilary are to blame for being out of touch with the general population and forcing an unpopular candidate down our throats. They had this power because of the superdelegates and the meme that only centrist, run of the mills candidates have any chance. Hopefully we can at least learn that run of the mill candidates are no longer necessary.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_of_the_Democratic_Part...

The problem is that although Donald Trump positioned himself as their champion what little he has talked about as far his intended proposals further erodes the remaining employment and wage protections in place for these workers. If he follows through with his trade policy as presented during the campaign the result is most likely that other countries will shift their trade and economic ties even more towards China meaning even further manufacturing job loss.

The issues these workers face are the result of economic and geopolitical forces which are not going to be reversed by Donald Trump, Republicans or Democrats. What will be interesting to see is what happens when the new policies end up worse or at best the same for them.

I assume the usual which is to blame some ever increasing collection of outsiders. That always ends well.