Voting booths at a polling location. | CJ Gunther/Getty Images Throughout the Trump era, Democrats have wrung their hands about how they can win over working-class voters. Why not ask the Democrats who’ve actually done it? That’s what Robin Johnson — a political consultant based in rural Illinois, and a part-time political science professor at Monmouth College — set out to do after Donald Trump first won the presidency, asking Democratic state legislators who won tough districts how they pulled it off. But after Trump’s shocking second win in 2024 revived concern about Democrats’ wo...
These Democrats won over working-class voters. Here’s their advice for candidates.
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Sep 17, 2026 • 7 hours ago
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