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The white working-class helped fuel Trumps 2016 rise, but those voters have actually been gravitating to Republicans since 1992, according to research by Noam Lupu, a political science professor at Vanderbilt University. Working-class African Americans have remained steadfastly loyal to Democrats, but Trump saw his support among Latinos improve in 2020. That could indicate that a broader shift away from Democrats may be resonating with some Hispanics.

I think, for the Democratic Party, its a tough coalition to maintain: working-class voters who are really focused on their economic interests, but, at the same time, very progressive social positions for the urban, educated voters, Lupu said. I think Biden has an opportunity to rebrand the party a little bit.

Working-class generally denotes people without college degrees who have lower wage jobs. It also can mean better educated, better paid middle-class earners who dont like defining themselves as rich or poor. Trump won 62% of white voters without a college degree in November, according to AP VoteCast, a nationwide survey of the electorate.

During the campaign, Biden tried to contrast what he called the working family sensitivities of his birth city of Scranton, Pennsylvania, with Trumps Fifth Avenue, big city values. Biden also has pledged to be the most pro-union president youve ever seen.

A number of working-class people have seen politics not deliver for their families, and sometimes thats when Democrats are in charge and sometimes thats when Republicans are in charge, said Rick Levy, president of the Texas AFL-CIO. It creates an opening for demagogues who say, I can fix it.'

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