Re: Bartels on Frank, etc.
Chuck wrote:
I talked to a Kansas-based comrade about this issue last night, who knows Frank and who is knowledgeable about class issues in Kansas. I have to say that Bartels really doesn’t know what he is talking about. Here in Kansas, the right wing HAS made inroads into the working class.
But has it made new inroads? Kansas has been one of the most Republican states in the country for over a century. There’s nothing representative of the rest of the US about it. It’s much whiter (86%, vs. 75% national) and more rural (71% vs. 79%) than the rest of the US.
Doug