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Live Chat with Ian Sams and Molly Murphy on the Latest from The Working Class Project
On the 'One Big Beautiful Bill,' populist messaging, and possible war with Iran
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What Do Working Class Voters Think About Billionaires and Populist Messaging?
Across months of focus groups and online qualitative research, voters express admiration and respect for wealth and work – they just want things to be…
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What Most Concerns Working Class Voters About the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” – and What Dem Message Works?
In open-ended online discussion boards, working class voters expressed serious concerns with the bill's impacts on Americans' health care.
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May 2025

Working Class Weekly: What Do Black Working Class Voters Say About the Democratic Party?
What we’ve heard in seven Black voter focus groups across five states.
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Working Class Weekly: New Findings from Latino Focus Groups in the Rio Grande Valley
We heard from 17 Latino men and women in McAllen, Texas, last week. What did they say about the Democratic Party?
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Live Video Chat with Ian Sams and Pollsters Molly Murphy & Margie Omero on How Democrats Can Resonate with the Working Class
Connection to community, authenticity, respect for disagreement, and other lessons are clear after hearing from dozens of working class voters across…
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Working Class Weekly: How Do Working Class Voters React to Different Democrats?
We wanted to understand what and who works with appealing to the working class – and came away with five initial lessons for Democrats.
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Working Class Weekly: Tariffs … and What Dems Should Do About Them
Working class voters have gone from cautiously supportive to more anxious and concerned by the costs of Trump’s tariffs over the past 3 months. So what…
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VIDEO: Mitch Landrieu, Margie Omero, and Ian Sams on What Working Class Voters Are Saying About Democrats
Live discussion based on dozens of focus groups with The Working Class Project
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April 2025

Working Class Weekly: An Initial Snapshot of Views of the Republican Party
This is Working Class Weekly -- our weekly post of new research on key topics from The Working Class Project
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Ian Sams
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*SPECIAL* New Poll: Warning Signs on the Economy for Trump and Republicans Among the Working Class
The Working Class Project conducted a new survey of registered working class voters, who express serious concerns with tariffs, DOGE cuts, and GOP…
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Working Class Weekly: An Initial Snapshot of Views of the Democratic Party
Welcome to Working Class Weekly -- our weekly post of new research on key topics from The Working Class Project
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