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Originally Posted by YOhio
I don't believe that's the case. The heart of the Democratic party is found in white collar urban areas where families live on two-incomes and few or no children. Areas with lower income and higher birthrates are predominantly Republican. The days of the Democrat as the people's party are over.
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I think you're right that the rural poor vote GOP. But the urban poor vote Democratic.
You do have your professional base in the democratic party, but you also have your blue-collar union workers, and of course the working poor in urban areas, and the non-working poor in urban areas.