Will GOP Betray Blue-Collar Whites?

The GOP won its record majority in the House because it swept districts representing blue-collar, white Americans, according to a new analysis by the National Journal. Ronald Brownstein found that in 76 districts with high numbers of whites and low numbers of college grads that had Democrat representatives in 2009, just 15 remain with Democrats today.

But the GOP’s success with working whites creates a problem: most of the party’s leaders, big donors, and leading presidential contenders favor increases in immigration to provide more cheap labor for business – a policy that hurts struggling American workers.  Daily Caller writer Neil Munro writes: “That dilemma creates an incentive for some upstart candidates to run on a high-wage, low-immigration platform.”

Source: http://dailycaller.com/2015/01/15/report-blue-collar-whites-gave-gop-the-house-majority/

Posted 1/16/15 by Andrew Lewis

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