The reasons for the erosion of Democratic Party support within the American working class is a topic on which seemingly everyone has an opinion. It has renewed the debate between the left and the ...

Democratic factions are pitching leadership on how to show voters they care about costs.

As the 2024 presidential race enters its final week, media coverage has increasingly focused on the candidates’ efforts to win over a supposedly crucial swing group: working-class voters. We think ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s top team contains more lawmakers from poor backgrounds, and fewer from elite schools, than any in recent memory. Voters haven’t noticed. By Stephen Castle Reporting from ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has the most working-class ...

I’m as delighted as the next guy that the MAGA cult is tearing itself apart over an Epstein client list that probably doesn’t exist. But only about half of all Republicans identify as MAGA, and within ...

The Republican Party‘s transition to the preferred party of the working class has given it an enormous opportunity to cement itself as the nation’s majority party and keep control of the federal ...

Painters union President Jimmy Williams Jr. says “working people deserve a party that… places their issues front and center.” Democratic Presidential Nominee Vice President Kamala Harris meets union ...

A new crop of candidates has turned away from the aspirational “American dream” message of campaigns past and is leaning into how difficult life can be for working people — including them. By Annie ...

The rivalry of two men tells the story of how Democrats fumbled with their traditional base—and how they can win again. American politics, Timothy Shenk quips in his newest book, Left Adrift, “used to ...