How the Dems lost the working class (or did they?)

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Tue, 12/06/2016 - 8:00am to 9:00am
Joe offers his take on the Democrats' abandonment of their working-class base. Abe thinks it's more complicated.

The conventional wisdom holds that Donald Trump won the presidency by capturing the votes of the disaffected white working class in places like Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. Joe attributes this to the Democrats' abandonment of their traditional working-class base. Abe thinks there's more to it. As usual, it's up to callers to save the day.

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