At one time, manual laborers were usually Democratic while affluent people were typically Republican, but eventually, working class people who were conservative–with regard to social and religious issues–started supporting Republican candidates; people with more education started supporting Democrats in greater numbers (122).
Social Class and Voting – Roskin
Social Class and Voting – Roskin
White working and middle-class voters accept conservative arguments that big government has contributed to declining social mobility; many upper-middle-class voters support Democrats because they think more government intervention will counter the trend of decreasing social mobility (123).