May Day thoughts: The struggle to create a new working-class left | #194 – May 1, 2022

The connection between vote choice and identity is much stronger than the tie between partisan loyalty and economic preferences — and would take decades to unwind

Hi readers, and happy May Day (or International Workers Day, depending on your politics and/or continent).

I was going to take today off, given the holiday, but instead, I decided to write a couple of paragraphs about the labor movement in America. Specifically on how the politics of labor and values of working-class voters will shape the future of US po…