The Hill

Mamdani and the Democrats have a problem with the working class

Zohran Mamdani’s recent victory over Andrew Cuomo is impressive: the democratic socialist ran a strong campaign and leapt from virtual anonymity to widespread name recognition in a matter of mere ...
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Why Do Working-Class Americans Vote Against Their Own Interests?

(ThyBlackMan.com) For years I have been among a large segment of Americans who criticize people who “vote against their own interests.” The people to whom we refer exist at or near the bottom of the ...
The New York Times

How Can Democrats Win Back the Working Class?

Can Economic Populism Save the Democratic Party? Jared Abbott, the director of the Center for Working-Class Politics, discusses what it would take for Democrats to better appeal to working-class ...
The New York Times

Democrats Cannot Just Buy Back the Working Class

Mr. Kuhn, a producer of the forthcoming PBS documentary “Hard Hat Riot,” is the author of “The Hardhat Riot: Nixon, New York City, and the Dawn of the White Working-Class Revolution.” Democrats are ...
The American Prospect

Working-Class Heroes

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani at the Caribbean Day Parade, September 1, 2025. Credit: Andrea Renault/STAR MAX/IPx 2025 A number of progressive groups close to the Democratic Party and ...