BNS 379: Why Are Blue-Collar Voters Abandoning the Democratic Party? -with Eric Brakey

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Eric Brakey from Free America Now returns to the program to discuss the blue-collar departure from the Democratic Party, women having to sign up for the draft(!?), and Young Americanโ€™s for Liberty signing up 100,000 college liberty activists!

Eric Brakey: โ€œThis is a shift that has been taking place slowly over a long period of time, but has really accelerated to the point where you look at the US Senateโ€ฆ I think that Joe Manchin is perhaps one of the most interesting people of the moment because he is the last blue dog Democrat in that entire bodyโ€ฆ

โ€ฆHe is a conservative Democrat, not as conservative as Iโ€™d like, certainly, but heโ€™s been the lone voice thereโ€ฆ In 1992, West Virginia, voted for Bill Clinton by 13 percentage points. Fast forward to 2016; they voted against Hillary Clinton and for Donald Trump by 40 percentage points. So weโ€™re talking about literally a shift of over a majority of the voting population there. So it has shifted, hard red. And why is that?โ€

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