Workers

Some democrats are saying they were surprised by the loss of blue collar workers but not all were. Here is quote from Schumer in July of 2016 At least publicly, Schumer has no worries about his party’s dwindling fortunes among working-class white voters. “For every blue-collar Democrat we lose in western Pennsylvania, we will pick up two moderate Republicans in the suburbs in Philadelphia, and you can repeat that in Ohio and Illinois and Wisconsin.” He was apparently aware of the trend but not concerned. Note that he said this in the summer before the election.