New Democratic Coalition is Complete Inversion of New Deal Coalition

[JA]

Coalitions change and adapt to developments, which are constantly ongoing. What was one party's coalition 50 years prior, likely won't be yhe identical coalition anymore. Personally, I don't object to the changes in the Democratic coalition, which had really begun to slowly shift starting in the late 1960s with the rise of liberals like McGovern. If anything, Democrats today are essentially a more liberal version of Rockfeller Republicans and their coalition (friendly to labor interests, allied with big business, focused on education, environmentalism, and efficiency, supportive of immigration and civil rights reforms, internationalist in foreign affairs, and centered in the Northeast and urban areas among college educated and minorities). Sound familiar? I would generally consider myself a supporter of the Rockefeller wing of the GOP (which has long been dead) and gladly welcome a coalition of white educated and minority voters. This shouldn't be a terribly surprising development either considering the white working class and minorities have typically been at odds politically.

[JA]

Coalitions change and adapt to developments, which are constantly ongoing. What was one party's coalition 50 years prior, likely won't be yhe identical coalition anymore. Personally, I don't object to the changes in the Democratic coalition, which had really begun to slowly shift starting in the late 1960s with the rise of liberals like McGovern. If anything, Democrats today are essentially a more liberal version of Rockfeller Republicans and their coalition (friendly to labor interests, allied with big business, focused on education, environmentalism, and efficiency, supportive of immigration and civil rights reforms, internationalist in foreign affairs, and centered in the Northeast and urban areas among college educated and minorities). Sound familiar? I would generally consider myself a supporter of the Rockefeller wing of the GOP (which has long been dead) and gladly welcome a coalition of white educated and minority voters. This shouldn't be a terribly surprising development either considering the white working class and minorities have typically been at odds politically.

Wait, is your username ironic then?  It'd be pretty surprising for someone who reads The Jacobin to support Rockefeller Republicans.

That's not why I choose this username. It was more in reference to the radicals of the French Revolution for their ardent support of egalitarianism and early endorsement of radical liberalism (some could argue early Socialism, but I disagree). But also, I said I generally support that former wing of the GOP (which often had Senators and Congressmen more liberal than then liberal Democrats), which means there are certain aspects of it with which I disagree. Had I been alive 50 years ago with the views I hold today, I would definitely have supported Rockefeller Republicans. I'm very liberal, but I'm not hostile to big business. I just like efficiency and, like Prescott Bush, would support raising taxes if it meant cutting the deficit and assuring efficiency in social programs.