The things you’ve listed are not for the mythical white working class, but appeal to the Trump voters who on average tend to have higher incomes and less education. Trump absolutely ran on destroying Obamacare; health care is an essential pillar of this argument that can’t be cast to the side. He also ran on stoking…

We should have Justice Merrick Garland right now and nobody should ever forget it.

Yes, this whole made-up nonsense talk about the white working class voter is meant to serve the wealthy white Republican voter! how is this not obvious?

Thank God, finally, a person in possession of the facts. The white working class what swung the election to Trump is a fantasy-story. Trump voters have more money and less education.

Did anything happen to suppress black voter turnout? Just wondering.

DACA kids are here legally, FYI. May not be clear to you.

Who are these people? The ones who make more money than non-Trump voters? Because his voters were wealthier. They are less educated and they have more money. This is a fact that can’t be overturned no matter how many stories about poor white people are written. Yet people cannot be forced to accept simple factual…

But... it’s not real! The economic downturn is real for NON WHITE America. Trump voters make more money, on average. There is no reasoning with facts sometimes, you can’t make people accept it.

These people ARE rich! Their average incomes were higher. They have less education. This is the correlation at issue. Trump voters have more money and less education than other voters. Period. Repeat from mountaintop until the media writing about the white working class grasps this.

These white Trump voters have higher income levels. I don’t know how many ways the facts on this can be made clear, and yet people are still speaking of the mythical unicorn of poor white Trump voters.

The whole article is about the racist fixation on the white working class, yet the comments remain fixated on this completely Mythical group. Trump voters are WEALTHIER. They are less educated. So all this hand-wringing about poor white people is a bunch of made up nonsense. It suits the Republicans very well if…

Low education levels correlate with support for Trump; these voters are better off in terms of income! This whole thing is a myth.

This whole discussion is nonsense predicated on a false claim, that poor white voters were the issue. No. Trump voters had a higher income than others. The factor that determined support for him is LACK OF EDUCATION and not income. It is precisely the opposite of everything you’ve assumed.

Did they vote for the current Republican leadership?

So you acknowledge that candidates in both parties have criticized people, yet only blame democrats for alienating those criticized?

Wait, which is it? You said that Democrats didn’t care about illegal immigration and Republicans did, and so the working class voters were responsive to this concern about competition. Yet now you’re complaining that “millions” were quietly deported.

You’re factually wrong here; Trump voters are on average wealthier. They aren’t as likely to be in poverty. So... what do we do with that? They aren’t benefiting from the tax cuts they have supported with their votes, either.

The people who voted for Trump are on average wealthier. I don’t suppose that factual truth will mean much here, but his voters are not struggling with poverty. They are well-to-do relative to people in poverty, and they will continue paying so that the truly extremely wealthy can continue to keep their wealth.

You’ve got problems with the conflict between (2) and (3), since enforcement is focused on individuals rather than employers. (1) simply isn’t true, and the Republican party routinely denigrates such persons as “takers” rather than “makers”, and sets tax policy completely at odds with their interests.

You’re confused about the signs of excess consumption.