Why the White Working Class Voted for Trump

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🗓️ 18 November 2016

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Joan C. Williams, distinguished professor and director of the Center for WorkLife Law at UC Hastings, discusses the white working class voters who helped elect Republican Donald Trump as U.S. President, and why Democrat Hillary Clinton did not connect with them.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone it's Kurt we need your help with our annual survey this is your last chance to help us get to know you so we can make idea cast even better for you
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0:13.0	podcast survey.
0:15.0	Again, that's HBR.org.
0:17.0	And thanks for listening. Welcome to the HBR Idea Cast. I'm Kirtnikish. Oh me, oh my, Ohio.
0:39.0	And Pennsylvania and West Virginia and Wisconsin and looking like Michigan too.
0:45.6	Call it steel country, coal country, call it the rust belt, middle America,
0:50.5	call it the land of manufacturing. This cluster of states was key. They made
0:55.6	Donald Trump the next president of the United States. Joining us now to talk about
1:00.5	why is Joan C. Williams.
1:03.3	She's the director of the Center for Work Life Law
1:05.8	at the University of California Hastings College of the Law
1:09.0	in San Francisco.
1:10.4	She's also the author of the recent HBR article,
1:13.6	what so many people don't get about the US working class.
1:17.7	Joan, thanks for being on the show.
1:19.9	Delight to be here.
1:21.7	Joan, a lot of people are talking about your recent HBR article.
1:25.5	Some people are calling it the best analysis they've seen of the US presidential election.
1:30.2	It's gone viral.
1:31.6	It's helped a lot of people understand why this political veteran
1:35.3	Democrat Hillary Clinton lost to the brash newcomer Republican Donald Trump.
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