RICHEST Americans Voted DEMOCRAT

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The Democrat tactic of deflecting, distracting, deceiving is best illustrated in their “Republicans are the party of the rich” spin. Look around — the GOP, the Trump supporter is the working man or as the Democrats like to call us the “deplorables.” When Trump talks about tax cuts designed to help the working man, the lying Democrats say, “Democrats opposed the Trump tax cuts, saying they went mostly to the rich and increased the nation’s debt.”

Seriously? Obama blew the nation’s debt up into the trillions and the Democrats consider him a deity.

The Democrats are liars and thieves, all at the expense of the “little people,” aka Republicans.

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The Rich Turn to the Democrats

by Darel E. Paul, First Things, November 15, 2018:

Democrats won back the House of Representatives in the 2018 midterm elections thanks to strong gains among the rich. What many pundits have described as a Republican rout in the suburbs is nothing less than the party’s sharp decline among the wealthiest American households.

Imagine all 435 House districts lined up from richest to poorest according to their 2017 median household income (the latest available data from the Census Bureau), Silicon Valley (CA-18) at one end and South Bronx (NY-15) at the other. Before the 2018 midterms, the richest 15 percent of districts was fairly evenly split between Democrats (38) and Republicans (28), but no more. Sixteen of the thirty-seven seats (so far) flipped by the Democrats are in this strata. In the new 116th Congress, these wealthiest sixty-six districts will be represented by fifty-four Democrats and just ten Republicans (with two races yet to be decided). Starting January 3, 2019, twenty (twenty-one if Katie Porter’s lead in CA-45 holds) of the twenty-two richest districts will be represented by Democrats. This year the richest House districts in eleven (and possibly twelve) different states flipped from Republican to Democrat (CO-6, GA-6, IL-6, IA-3, KS-3, MI-11, MN-3, NJ-7, PA-5, SC-1, VA-10; UT-4 is still not called). Going further, in five states (six if Carolyn Bourdeaux wins GA-7) the top two richest districts flipped. These sixteen districts plus five others from the wealthiest 15 percent that weren’t tops in their states contributed well over half the Democrats’ new seats. Without them the House would never have turned blue.

Of course, districts are not individual voters. Though rich districts turned to the Democrats, this does not necessarily mean that the richest voters did so. Digging into some 2018 local returns does suggest, however, that rich voters across the upper income spectrum chose the Democrats this year. For example, Minnesota’s third district—the state’s richest, covering the wealthy Minneapolis suburbs—showed one of the biggest swings in the country to the Democrats. Not only that, the richer the city the bigger the swing to the left. It is still true that the very richest cities in Minnesota’s richest district cast a small majority of their votes for the Republican. But six of the sixteen cities with median household incomes over $100,000 turned blue, including the two most populous.

The upshot of the 2018 midterms is that the Democratic Party now overwhelmingly represents America’s rich. At the same time, Democrats continue to represent the poorest Americans, at least those who are not white. Managing this contradiction is ever more the party’s great challenge. So far its strategy has been an agenda of social issues near and dear to the hearts of rich white suburbanites combined with spending programs for the working class paid for mainly by the 1 percent. This is how the Democratic Party operated during the Obama presidency, advancing same-sex marriage and transgenderism on the one hand, the Affordable Care Act and the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 on the other. The ACA included new taxes that were limited to individuals with an annual income over $200,000 (households over $250,000). The 2012 tax bill reintroduced phase-outs for deductions and credits only on individual incomes over $250,000 (households over $300,000) and imposed a new higher tax rate only on individual incomes over $400,000 (households over $450,000). All these funding strategies left huge potential revenues untapped. Yet Democrats are forced into them because they represent Americans in the highest income percentiles.

Shedding so many wealthy suburban districts in the 2018 midterms offers Republicans a real political opportunity to become the party of the country’s working class. This promise is what attracted so many voters to the flawed vessel of Donald Trump in the first place. While Trump and the Republican Congress wound up wasting political capital on tax cuts for millionaires and alt-right memes for racists, a GOP course correction toward policies that actually help all working-class Americans—infrastructure spending, reducing low-skilled immigration, shoring up Medicare and Social Security—remains possible.

It helps that in the 2018 midterms three deep red states voted by referendum to expand Medicaid, five House Freedom Caucus members were defeated or retired, and Paul Ryan is out as party leader. Rather than follow Republican strategists like Karl Rove back to wooing wealthy suburbanites with yet another helping of small-state globalism, a better strategy is to let the dead bury their own dead. One party representing the rich is enough.

Darel E. Paul is professor of political science at Williams College and author of From Tolerance to Equality: How Elites Brought America to Same-Sex Marriage.

 

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felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago

The truth is DEMS are for the RICH and the GOP is for the POOR.
The positions have reversed.
EVERY DAY, I am thankful for President Trump.
Is he a pause or will he turn it around?
Time will tell but the GOP NOT GETTING OUT TO VOTE IN THE MIDTERMS is concerning……………….
Trump doesn’t need this shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitt in his life. He gave up allot for YOU. What have you done for him?

Mark Steiner
Mark Steiner
5 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Once again, you can’t make this stuff up.

Gradually the Country is going blue. CO is lost, AZ is tottering.

The judgment of God on the United States is underway..

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago
Reply to  Mark Steiner

Of course you noticed who was elected as Governor of Colorado….Jared Polis .
Orange County in California just turned blue.
So, whether it is the popular vote or the dreaded electorial vote, will it matter?

No question about it. His judgement is clearly visible in California and other cities and states but still people won’t change their ways as things get WORSE! Instead they will blame GOD for what is happening even though they don’t believe in Him. Well if they don’t believe in Him why blame Him? Ideally they should be blaming themselves and doing some introspection.

Mark Steiner
Mark Steiner
5 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

They (the Left) will always find someone – anyone to blame other than themselves.

How strange to blame a God many of them claim doesn’t exist?

Since the eclipse in 2017 there has been nothing but calamity in this nation. A sifting process in the Church is underway. Yellowstone is threatening some sort of eruption. The crust of the earth is groaning under the stress. George Soros and his admirers/allies will run and hide when the shin hits the fat: Revelation 6:12-17.

John Deer
John Deer
5 years ago
Reply to  Mark Steiner

USA with Democratic RICH assistance is surely following the “SELF DESTRUCT” mode, unless thew President puts down his foot and become a strict and disciplined President, banning all those that even show an Inclination of the ANTI AMERICAN Dream and the FLAG.!!!

YancyHomes1
YancyHomes1
5 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

The truth is not what is true, but what people believe to be true. The Democrats, are much better at propagandizing. The Democrats now have control of what the major part of the voters read, see and hear. It took years for Democrats to gain control of education, starting with kindergarten and right through college. All of media, old and new, including social media, are now controlled by Democrats. Hollywood is Democrat controlled.
The old Socialist views that have been proven to be non-workable and non-affordable, wherever tried, have now become mainstreamed. The Democrat movement has the momentum and unless the Republicans can counter these advantages, this may be the final time the Republicans control the Senate and the Presidency. Prayer is in order to prevent the destruction from within, of America as the greatest country on earth.

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AR154U☑ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖ DEPLORABLE 2020
5 years ago

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Suresh
Suresh
5 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Left/Liberals,Muslims are pathological liars. share this if anyone believes their Lies http://bit.ly/2rF8pfo

They protect jihadis, play victim and get away with crime.

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago

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felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago

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felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago

OOPSY!
DEMS want their slaves to be dependent on the government.
Strong, independent, God fearing families who reject this are “oreo cookies” or worse.
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felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago

Today DEMS are the “rich” people!
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LXoLn
LXoLn
5 years ago

The truth is DEMS are for the RICH and the GOP is for the POOR.The positions have reversed.EVERY DAY, I am thankful for President Trump.Is he a pause or will he turn it around?Time will tell but the GOP NOT GETTING OUT TO VOTE IN THE MIDTERMS is concerning……………….Trump doesn’t need this shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitt in his life

aemoreira1981
aemoreira1981
5 years ago
Reply to  LXoLn

Republicans did turn out in numbers not seen in the midterms in decades. But Democrats and independents, especially in the under-30 set, turned out in even greater numbers. The ultimate result: highest percentage of voters voting (49.2 percent) in a mid-term since 1914 (and in 1914, women did not have the right to vote in every state). 25 states recorded turnout of 50 percent or greater. What more could Republicans have done?

aemoreira1981
aemoreira1981
5 years ago

This was an unusual year for that that can be explained with tax reform. Since it negatively impacted the richest individuals, but not corporate America, they voted against it. Ultimately, it cost Republicans the House as well because of its disparate impact on the Greater New York and Los Angeles/Southern California markets.

knightsstrength
knightsstrength
5 years ago

One must limit how much can be donated to any party.
All donations if any should go into a net fund and distributed equally to each party and odd Independent.

All should have equal air time and no more. Have to limit everyone, and know what all stand for.

Have to limit the money that buys politicians and people’s votes

aemoreira1981
aemoreira1981
5 years ago

Would never pass First Amendment muster.

knightsstrength
knightsstrength
5 years ago
Reply to  aemoreira1981

Still something has to change

knightsstrength
knightsstrength
5 years ago

Just an update in UK Grooming gangs. This is what happens when you vote left

This article also lists a few other towns of grooming gangs in UK

Rotherham grooming gang are jailed for a total of 101 years after sexually assaulting young girls including victim who was ‘passed around by 100 Asian men’ by age of 16
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6398269/Rotherham-grooming-gang-jailed-total-101-years.html

Alleged-Comment
Alleged-Comment
5 years ago

Yes, why do people vote for Demoncraps?? Even though they know they LIARS about everything they say. Is it because they hate more Republicans because they think are rich and robbing them and must counter them by putting in a party obsessed with being a Demon’s crap?

oceanfloor1
oceanfloor1
5 years ago

In my town they have not much to worry about except what day to arrange to have the boat put into the harbor and which other day to have it pulled out. They all vote for Whoever is Running Against Trump and mince around talking about what big Social Justice Warriors they are with their “Black Lives Matter” flags on their churches and “RESIST!” bumper stickers, running race-shaming “white privilege” lectures at the library. We have a number of Revolutionary War heroes buried here. That whirring sound at night is them turning in their graves.

Dan Knight
Dan Knight
5 years ago

Let’s see … how many people do I know – as in they know me – who are worth more than 100MM? … About 6. Of those only one – now long gone to his eternal reward – was a Republican (and he was a governor of a large state with a small population).

So I would say the Rich, as in the really rich, are Demokkkrats. That’s b/c they either owe their wealth to their connections, or they must have connections to keep what they have.

On the other hand, I have met lots of millionaires – farmers, business owners (tradesmen), entrepreneurs, and doctors/other professionals. Almost all of them were Republicans or too conservative for the RINO party. These are the actual ‘middle class.’ We just don’t think of it that way b/c we are so wealthy as a society. Most of the exceptions are, frankly, minority racists – black communists, hispanic hate mongers, and others who owe much of their wealth to affirmative action and/or the Hate-Industry Complex. In stark contrast, self-made minorities tend to be MORE conservative than white business owners who often have ‘libtard’ contaminated educations and owe their lot to grandpa.

Just observin’

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