The 2024 election represented the consolidation of a transformation in American party politics. It highlighted how cultural politics now drive partisanship rather than just class.
During Roosevelt’s administration, Democrats became the party of the working classes, consolidated by industrial production in cities and the rights granted through the Wagner Act.
The Democrats' dominance until the 1950s was rooted in a politically coherent working-class majority that was geographically concentrated in northern industrial cities and towns.
Democrats are now grappling with the reality that economic and cultural shifts have altered voter demographics, leading to Trump's surprising successes in swing states.
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