Yves here. As many Naked Capitalism know well, the Democratic party has become the instrument of the professional managerial class and the tech/financial elites. The idea that it would take a genuine interest in the desires of ordinary people of any stripe, even ones they need to win over like independents, is quite a stretch. So the question then becomes whether the Democrats can snooker them and get them to come out and vote, or hope that continued citizen apathy and their presumed demographic advantage over time gives them enough wind at their back to stay their current bad course. Among other things, it seems presumptuous for the Dems to act as if they own the Hispanic vote (that very belief showing a failure to recognize that “Hispanics” are not a monolithic group).
By Thomas Neuburger. Originally published at God’s Spies
