More middle-class voters regard themselves as leftwing than do working-class voters, and working-class people show less support for overseas aid and immigration than middle-class voters, according to a new YouGov poll, commissioned by Progress, the Labour pressure group.
The findings arguably underline the complex challenge faces in reconnecting with people who were once described as Labour's core supporters...
The findings arguably underline the complex challenge faces in reconnecting with people who were once described as Labour's core supporters...
There is little class difference in overall support shown for gay
marriage, nationalising the rail companies or putting workers on company
boards...
Reported in The Guardian.
Good to see some more evidence of how the claim that working-class people are somehow uniquely homophobic - and that the issue of gay marriage turns off working-class voters - is nonsensical and without foundation.
For more on the demonisation of the working class, read Owen Jones' Chavs.
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