Developing! The Democrats Are (Almost) the Working-Class Party Again

Summary

Did the working class win the 2026 midterms? That depends on whether you’re talking about candidates or voters. Working class candidates did very well. Duke sociologist Nicholas Carnes, and Vanderbilt political scientist Noam Lupu count seven midterm general-election candidates for Congress who held working-class jobs immediately prior to entering politics. Four out of the seven won, and if you ignore Tim Rogers, a delivery driver who ran as a Republican in Wisconsin and lost, fully two-thirds of them won. For those keeping score, the seven working class candidates are: the aforementioned…

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