Reply #159: Low information voters just aren't paying attention [View All]

[ekwhite]

They are only getting snippets of the controversy from the nightly news. They aren't likely to live in areas with broadband internet. They can't afford it, even if it is available. A lot of them are more threatened by competition from illegal immigrants and are in competition with other members of the working class.

The construction worker who hates illegal immigrants hates them because they have seen their jobs taken by non-union illegals hired for a fraction of their wages. Of course, the person who hired them as scab labor is at fault, but it is easier to identify the brown-skinned people who don't speak English as the problem. Getting rid of the competition is in their economic interest.

We can make inroads with working-class voters by addressing their real concerns. We need to propose realistic, fair plans to address the problem of illegal immigration. We need to bring manufacturing jobs BACK to the US.