It’s hard to appear of the working class when you’re a Harvard grad, Teach for America alumni.
That said, I think it’s also worth pointing out that our working class is much different than the post industrial, Yankee and union friendly group in Maine.
It’s hard to convince a first gen Mexican American who’s driving a truck in South Texas taking sand and water to the drill sites making $130k a year with no college that he’s been screwed by the economy. Moreover, there’s ten other guys that work on that dudes crew for less money but can look at the truck or house he’s able to afford and believe them attainable.
See above. Also, what draconian immigration tactics in the valley? The real shit is in Chicago, LA, etc. The Valley is the same as it ever was and everyone that lives down there has a friend, cousin or neighbor in law enforcement or the border patrol. They* don’t think of themselves as one, two, three generations removed from the illegals and don’t default to sympathy for their plight the same way we do.
*they is overly broad but I’m trying to capture the consensus opinion.
Anyway, my point is that relying on a playbook that’s meant to capture minority discontent has had ample opportunities in the field and it wasn’t worked. I think that’s partially what informs @Bozo_Casanova’s recommendation to be cool and funny-these voters aren’t making decisions based on policy preferences and the groups that are mostly unhappy with the status quo are already going to vote Dem or are perpetually unhappy and will never vote Dem.
If you’re cool and funny you at least have a fighting chance and you’ll stand out from a bunch of old white dudes that look like high school vice principals.