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Are Democrats Losing Touch With The American Working Class?
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Regardless of who wins the election on Nov. 8, there's a lot of soul searching going on. Republicans are asking themselves, what is the GOP in the age of Trump? And leading Democrats are asking themselves a similar question, especially given the white working class voters who've moved so strongly to Donald Trump.
David Shribman puts the question simply: "Have the Democrats replaced the Republicans as the party of the social, cultural, and economic elite?"
Guest
David Shribman, executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and a Pulitzer Prize-winning former politics correspondent for the Globe. He tweets @ShribmanPG.
This segment aired on October 19, 2016.