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I want to begin playing off of something we talked about yesterday.

Tie in several stories together because I'm actually kind of fascinated by this.

It used to be at one point in this nation's political life.

Democrats were presumed to be the party that had the back of the working class.

They tended to be pro-union, pro-blue collar.

The Republicans were the Episcopalians who were very wealthy and white collar,

worked in suburban white collar financial jobs, and the roles over time have been reversed,

and Democrats still think they have the back of the working class.

And increasingly they don't.

And I want to string together several different stories to point this out to you. And it goes to Rui Tierra's point about the Democrats seeing a massive shift to the Democrats or to the Republicans rather. In fact, there's this story from Axios about a dramatic realignment of swing working class districts towards the GOP.

Nine of the top ten wealthiest congressional districts are now represented by Democrats.

Republicans now represent most of the poorer half of the country, according to median income

data provided by Representative Marcy Capture's office.

The last several decades have ushered in a dramatic political realignment. As Republicans

have broadened their appeal to a more diverse working class and Democrats have become the party of

wealthier, more educated voters. It's true. Sixty-four percent of congressional Democrats with median incomes below the national median are now represented by Republicans,

a shift in historical party demographics.

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