Unlike in his argument with Trump, he calls Sanders "a fine politician," but nonetheless notes that much of his support is coming from a similar place. "The real story here is the breakdown of the ideology pursued for decades by the Democratic Party’s dominant faction," he writes.
Similarly, in this New York Times column, Frank discusses why Bernie Sanders has become a force to be reckoned with in Democratic Primaries. But at least Trump is saying this stuff." He appears to be a hypocrite on this issue as well as so many other things. Frank goes on to say: "The chance that he will actually do so, of course, is small. In a sense, Frank is saying that the Democratic Party, much like the Republican Party, has been carrying a voting bloc that it has not been catering to, and Trump is the response. In this recent article for The Guardian, Frank discusses the appeal of Donald Trump, and while must pundits think it's racism driving voters, Frank says that Trump's continuing complaints about free trade is the issue with momentum. But Thomas Frank's Listen, Liberal notes that the Democratic Party has done much the same thing, aligning with wealthy tech companies (the creative class) at the expense of their working class constituency.
This is the thesis of What's the Matter With Kansas. Much has been said of the Republican Party wooing working class voters with social issues and then governing against their interest with a focus on economic issues. Thomas Frank, author of Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?, Pity the Billionaire, and The Wrecking Crew.
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