Republicans Are Now the Blue-Collar Party (The Parties Have Switched)

For decades, the conventional wisdom was that Democrats represented the working class while Republicans represented the wealthy.

But has that political alignment completely flipped?

This discussion argues that the Democratic Party has increasingly become associated with coastal elites, billionaires, technology leaders, Hollywood, and academia, while Donald Trump helped transform the Republican Party into a blue-collar coalition. Recent voting data shows a major education divide: voters without college degrees have increasingly favored Republicans, while college graduates have moved toward Democrats.