So, all of that knuckle-draggin' poor white trash in West Virginia are just awful racists who vote against candidates because they're racists, right?
A solid majority of working class whites (outside of the South) are loyal Democrats, and most have more liberal views in general (but particularly on economic issues) than middle and upper class whites (which are the bulk of this forum's posters, so...).
This might be true if you set the income level low enough - it really depends on what constitutes "working class" - but even among the $50k and less crowd, whites are quite surprising in some states.
And holy crap: look at those "white working class" states that are supposedly voting said way because of racism. Look at West Virginia. Of course Atlas doesn't get it:
But I guess all of those cultured middle-class and upper-class whites in West Virginia are just voting their wallets, are totally not racist, and shouldn't be blamed at all for recent trends (despite making up a majority of voters when they're only 30% of workers nationally and definitely even less in WV)?
