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Comment by blisterpeanuts | Hacker News Reader

2020 (and probably 2018) is when the Democrat Party became the party of billionaires and digerati, while the Republican party represented the working class, manufacturers, farmers, etc. Most rank-and-file private unions (plus police and fire) polled strongly for Trump and Republicans.

It's almost a 180 turnaround from the days when the Democrats represented the "common working man" and the Republicans were the party of rich CEO's and business owners.

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The democrats, at least since the 70's have always represented urban populations and the "new money" AKA wall St and now IT, while the republicans pandered to the "old money" (oil,...) and more rural, or traditional areas.

Both parties work for different kind of billionaires. For instance, most of the problems that led to the 2008 housing crisis were the direct consequence of Bill Clinton's policies when it comes to deregulating Wall St, so it was a bit funny to hear all these democrats trying to look tough on bankers when they were directly responsible for the situation as legislators. But that's the game, that's politics.

2024 is when you will see the effects of this realignment.

The right has promised 4 years of terror. I'm over it already.

maybe 2022. The midterm elections are going to be very interesting.

I'm not sure that the Republican Party can maintain the current rube/scumbag coalition that long without Trump.

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