(C) Common Dreams
This story was originally published by Common Dreams and is unaltered.
. . . . . . . . . .



Democratic strategist breaks down latest poll numbers in potential Biden-Trump rematch [1]

['Amna Nawaz', 'Kyle Midura']

Date: 2023-08-07 18:45:41-04:00

Faiz Shakir:

Amna, you have to look at the people who didn't answer and they — this is a class-based argument.

People with a college degree, they love Joe Biden. They're about 50 percent. People without a college degree making under $100,000, they're the most dissatisfied group. If you look at the 14, 15, 16 percent who are saying that they haven't made up their minds, these are working-class people.

And they're looking for somebody who's a fighter on their behalf. And I think it's important to think about class as you head into this election, because Joe Biden's got a lot of good arguments going on his side that he is taking on corporate America in interesting and important ways.

Right now, big pharma is filing lawsuits against him because he wants to negotiate Medicare price drugs — price — drug prices, right? How many people know that? How many working-class people know that they have a president who's taking on some very difficult fights?

Implementation is not just, hey, get jobs in America. It's to improve your wages. You look at the United Auto Workers' fight right now. They want better wages. If you're going to produce electric vehicles in America, the wages shouldn't be $16, $17 an hour. They should be $25, $30, $40 an hour.

And that's a — that's a big fight. I hope everyone is tuned in. That's what motivates working-class people. Those who haven't made up their minds right now, that's the category. And it's Black, Latino, white, non-college making under $100,000 a year. We got to focus on them and their play right now.

[END]
---
[1] Url: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/democratic-strategist-breaks-down-latest-poll-numbers-in-potential-biden-trump-rematch

Published and (C) by Common Dreams
Content appears here under this condition or license: Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0..

via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds:
gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/commondreams/

You are viewing proxied material from magical.fish. The copyright of proxied material belongs to its original authors. Any comments or complaints in relation to proxied material should be directed to the original authors of the content concerned. Please see the disclaimer for more details.