and that was part of how barack obama won re-election in 2012, was basically saying to working class voters, you know, i know you don't love cultural liberalism, but the republicans are going to cut your medicare, and i'm going to protect it. so if trump, in the trump era republicans took those issues off the table. basically said, you know, yeah, we're sort of notionally committed to medicare reform. we'll put something this our budget, you know, that supposedly will change the system over 20 years, but basically we're not going to make those kind of cuts. we're not going to do the paul ryan agenda anymore. and at the same time, trump also made a lot of promises, some of which he kept, some of which he didn't on trade and infrastructure where he, you know, sort of pitched himself directly to working class voters who felt like they had been left behind by the the agenda of both political parties under globalization. so in both of those ways, he moved the republican party a little closer to a lot of working class voters on economics. and that still happens now. like, if you look under

turned off a lot of working-class voters with medicare and social security and that is part of how barack obama won reelection in 2012 to say to working-class voters come i know you don't love cultural liberalism but the republicans will cut to medicare and i will protect it so they took those issues off the table and basically said we are committed to medicare reform and put something in the budget that supposedly will change the system over 20 years but basically we will not make those cuts we will not do the paul ryan agenda anymore. and at the same time trump also made a lot of promises that he made on trade and infrastructure where he pitched himself directly to working-class voters who felt they had been left behind by the agenda both political parties under globalization so in those ways he moved the republican party closer to working-class voters on economicsoo. that happens now. if you look under the heard of the campaign in virginia, he didn't campaign on deep budget cuts but spending more money on schools and cutting that gas tax which falls harder with those upper-class voters

obama won reelection in 2012, which in saying that to the working-class voters, you know i know you, don't love cultural liberalism but the republicans are going to cut your medicare and i'm going to protect it. so in the trump era, they took those issues off the table basically said that you know we are sort initially committed to medicare reform will put something in our budget that supposedly will change the system over 20 years but basically, were not going to make those cuts were not going to do the paul ryan agenda. and at the same time, trump also made a lot of promises of simple which he didn't some some which he didid on trade and infrastructure were feet you know sort of it himself directly to working-class voters who felt like they had been left behind by the agenda both political parties under globalization. so for both of those ways, they move the republican party closer to a lot of working-class voters on economics. and that still happens now like if you look into the hood of the campaign in virginia, francis he didn't campaign on deep budget cuts he campaigned on putti

and that was part of how barack obama won re-election in 2012, was basically saying to working class voters, you know, i know you don't love cultural liberalism, but the republicans are going to cut your libertiniy will cut your medicare and i will protect it. in the trump era, republicans took those issues off the table basically said, you know, we are committed to medicare reform, we will put something in our budget that will change the system over 20 years. we arere not going to make those kinds of cuts. we will not do the paul ryan agenda anymore. at the same time also making a lot of promises, some of which he did not on trade and infrastructure where he, sort of, you c know, pitched himself directly to working-class voters who felt they had been left behind under globalization. and both of those ways, he mover the republican party a little closer to a lot of working-class voters on economics. that still happens now. if you look under the hood of the campaign in virginia, he did not campaign on deep budget cuts he campaigned on spending more money on schools and cutting the gas