page_title: Factions in the Democratic Party (United States)
section_title: Working class
hierarchical_section_title: Factions in the Democratic Party (United States) / Voter base / Working class
caption_attribution_description: Randy Bryce
context_page_description: The Democratic Party of the United States is composed of various factions, with significant overlap and enough agreement between them to coexist in one party.
context_section_description: The American working class remains a stronghold of the Democratic Party and continues to be an essential part of the Democratic base. Economic insecurity makes the majority of working class people left-of-center on economic issues. However, many working class Democrats differ from liberals in their more socially conservative views. Working class Democrats tend to be more religious and more likely to belong to an ethnic minority. The continued importance of the working class manifests itself in exit polls, which show that the majority of those with working class incomes and education vote for the Democratic Party.
  Since 1980, there has been a decline in support for the Democratic Party among white working class voters. In the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama carried 40% of white voters without college degrees to John McCain carrying 58%. In the 2012 presidential election, Obama carried 36% of white working class voters to Mitt Romney carrying 61%.
caption: Randy Bryce
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