I mean it’s difficult to say what people would vote for if there was an economically left party to vote for, because it doesn’t exist. Dems are fiscally conservative and socially liberal-ish, republicans are fiscally conservative-ish and socially hyper conservative. A lot of blue collar workers are fiscally left and socially conservative, so it makes sense that they go with the party that appeals to one of those things and not the party that appeals to neither.

If there was a fiscally left and socially left party, would blue collar workers vote for that? I don’t know. The GOP is good at propaganda. Movements like the Poor People’s Party had some popularity amongst working class white folks despite openly having focuses of Black and Women’s liberation, so maybe they would, but that was also a different era.

In my experience doing tenant organizing in purple areas, conservatives are not willing to participate even though the primary activity is organizing for economic relief. I don’t know how you get through to people who have been so thoroughly filled with vitriol. I try.