Blue Philly working-class voters start leaning toward Trump ahead of election: People actually love him

Working-class Philadelphia Democrats may be planning to vote for former President Trump in November.The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Wednesday about growing trends among poorer wards and districts in the Pennsylvania city to shift towards the Republican Party despite years of being solidly blue.One example the report cited included 27-year-old Gabriel Lopez who registered as a Democrat and voted for Hillary Clinton for his first election in 2016.Since then, he changed his registration to Republican and voiced his support for Trump.“Democrats keep saying [Trump] is going to bring down the economy, but he was already president for four years, and taxes were lower,” Lopez said.

“We’re tired of the same politics.We got a different type of guy, and the people actually love him.”The article added, “Lopez embodies one of Democrats’ biggest problems in Pennsylvania: working-class voters in Philadelphia, a once reliable voting bloc for the party, have drifted right in recent years.

And they’ve been disproportionately affected by rising prices over the last several years, an issue many blame Democrats for.”Although Philadelphia, which holds 20% of the state’s Democratic voters, may be crucial for Vice President Kamala Harris to win the state, the Inquirer reported the city lost the most Democratic voters out of any city in the 2020 election.The trend was most pronounced in poorer, less-educated areas with majority-Latino neighborhoods showing the most movement, likely concerned about the economy.Retired truck driver and registered Democrat Jim Kohn listed that as his top issue.“When Trump was president, everything was cheaper,” Kohn said.“Now, everything is so sky-high.” Stay up on the very latest with Evening Update.

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