Overview

• Seventy-five percent of working-class voters support raising the minimum wage, 88% favor government action to reduce prescription drug costs, and 65% back requiring worker representation on corporate boards.
• Roughly 80% of this demographic oppose abortion bans, support laws protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination and favor strengthening gun purchase regulations.
• About 70% of working-class voters oppose family separations at the border and 61% endorse a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
• Analysis of 2020 Trump voters shows that one in five working-class Trump supporters back progressive economic policies and roughly 11% also hold socially moderate views, making up about 5% of the electorate.
• Despite the evidence, the Democratic Party has not formally adopted a social populism platform to reclaim this swing-class constituency ahead of the 2028 election.