I guess what I ' m getting at is this . Why should any party want to engage with working class whites ? Basically , your demands are be perfect and don ' t consider other groups ' needs before yours . The minute you deviate from the message we want to hear , we have the right to vote against you , even if that means supporting someone who clearly isn ' t going to support policies in our interests . HRC and the DNC didn ' t stay on the working class white message every day on the campaign trail and in the past eight years had to make compromisesas all politicians mustso working class whites had to go with the other candidate and party that ran on a platform that in no way would help them . How is that a position that should entice any one to work with you . Essentially , you have your demands and if you don ' t get them you ' ll blow the whole thing up , including you . That doesn ' t sound like a group open to compromise or hearing other perspectives . That sounds like an angry group of folks who can ' t be trusted .