Social Working-Class Community Analysis

The 1964 American election between Lyndon B. Johnson and Barry Goldwater has strong similarities with the 2016 election between Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump. In both cases, the democrat candidates focused more on their counterpart’s rhetoric rather than uphold their own ideas in an attempt to persuade voters to support them. This essay will argue that the Democrat candidates of the 1964 and 2016 elections, in many instances, instead of focusing on their political proposals, focused on anti-intellectualism by emphasizing their opponent’s extremist right-winger rhetoric. This comparison shows the enduring trends of right-wing extremism, racial conflicts, and republican divisiveness. To prove this argument, this text will analyze Democrat campaign advertisements in both campaigns, Nelson A Rockefeller speech at the 1964 National Republican convention and Jeb Bush interview to NBC.

The ideal of middle class has become a major talking part for politician from both sides of the isle. AARP describes how the middle class had declined by various factors, which includes the decline in marriage rates and the completion of higher education degrees to increase household incomes.

In “Populist Dreams and Negro Rights: East Texas as a Case Study,” Lawrence Goodwyn keys in on the triumphs of the People 's Party in Grimes County, Texas. I discovered Populism in Grimes County is the narrative of an interracial alliance that had its beginning in Reconstruction and persevered for more than an era. I resolved why the long post-Reconstruction period emerges as the social request that has been composed progressively along racial lines; the time period encroached as a brief gleaming light in parts of the South. I learned how some white Southerners have generally been a spread for the district 's skepticism and other issues. Goodwyn establishes a viewpoint about the possible results for a greater number of individuals voting in a free society. I understand that the variables of pressure and coercion caused an end to influence at the polling stations; there was corruption occurring with vote counts. The Grimes County story significantly describes this disappointment; however in the understanding, it gives into the hidden legislative issues of black disfranchisement and the accomplishment of a solid single-party political environment in the American South it is not one of a kind.

The development of the suburbs has been appointed to be the result of the “white flight” from the inner cities. In the 1950’s black Americans moved northward to cities to find industrial jobs that were within walking distance. Discrimination in cities worsened, crime rates increased and educational facilities’ credentials weakened or gained bad reputations. The upper-class families left the cities and mass migrated to the suburbs to escape the increasing crime rates and worsening conditions. This movement was later termed the “white flight”. Every American wanted to begin building the “ideal family”: two parents, two children and maybe a pet or two. This newly invented middle-class prospered as

Geography matters politically. Varying states have significant, cultural, and political differences. For example, high-income liberal Democrats in San Francisco have varying concerns than middle-income liberal democrats in Cleveland, and low-income liberal democrats in Texas. This also includes the continuous divide between rural and urban communities in America; this in particular aided Trump’s election. Individuals in urban areas are more likely to vote for Democratic candidates, while those in small towns and low populated areas are more likely to vote Republican. Gelman mentions the history of rich states in the Northeast, Midwest, and West Coast generally having higher rates of unionization with large cities or areas near large cities. Such locations associated with the tradition of immigration has perhaps led them to be more politically liberal on social issues.

The fictional stories Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Really Really by Paul Downs Colaizzo, and A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens are all set in societies with classes that either dignify great importance or lack thereof. Character interaction, plot points, and demeanor of the characters are all influenced by their social statuses. In A Tale of Two Cities it’s nobility versus the working class. In the more modern story, Really Really, Leigh and her sister represent poverty in an affluent atmosphere. The futuristic society of Brave New World is completely centered on the differences between the Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon classes. The differences between the classes or castes are huge throughout all of these stories. Although the societies in the semester readings are set in different times, they are all the same and show that the hierarchical aspect of society is always based on the

In order to better appreciate Trump’s surprise victory in the 2016 Presidential election, we must first understand the populist impulse among the American citizens. The word populist is regularly applied to president Donald Trump. It is because his politics, and policy, tend to be crude and crowd-pleasing and because he built a political base on division and resentment. The term “Populist” dates to the late nineteenth century. Populists view themselves as the champions of ordinary people and pit the people against corrupt elites. They are angry at a corrupt establishment and government’s indifference and unresponsive. In the contemporary society, Americans’ populist impulse can be reflected from several aspects. Firstly, the economic anxiety,

The rise of industrialization brought the ability to mass produce goods and thus able to sustain a larger population, a population that was expanding out and away from the city. White veterans returning from World War II received access to GI bill, which afforded them new housing, that was being built more quickly than ever thanks to prefabricated parts, manufactured in factories. Thus with the creation of the suburbs we see this movement away from the dense city and into the surrounding area. Neighborhoods with Black families could no longer receive any loans from the bank due to red lining. Money was being invested in building up the suburbs instead, where the land was cheap and so were the taxes. This lead to a sharp decrease in the value of land within in the city. Combined with red lining policies, many people were soon upside down on their

According to McClelland the middle class is starting to look like a “fluke” while the upper class keeps advancing, economically, and he supports his argument by starting off his article with a personal anecdote which coincides with the statistics he has provided showing the change since those times.

In this article, Martin explains how Donald Trump’s inclusion into the race and his increasingly racist attacks on minority groups is worrying Republicans. His recent statements regarding Hispanics and Blacks have been highly controversial, and while his favorability rating is extremely low among those demographics, 15% respectively, Donald Trump still leads by a large margin in the polls. Republican party leaders do not believe he will win the nomination, but his attacks have drawn the Republican talking points to the right. Just last week, Trump attacked Jeb Bush for speaking Spanish on the campaign trail, and August 29th he criticized recent attacks on the police in regards to the recent Baltimore riots. Other Republican nominees, hoping to grab some of the primary voters from Trump, have begun attacking the two largest minorities in the United States. Ted Cruz recently spoke about the Houston deputy who was killed, where he said Obama was to blame for the shooting, and that the President was also responsible for the recent rioting in Baltimore. Ted Cruz has not been the only nominee to follow Trump’s success. Even Jeb Bush, who is married to a Mexican-American immigrant, has been attacking immigration policies, especially birthright

From the time he road down the golden escalator at Trump tower and announced his run for president in front of a room of paid actors, Donald Trump run for president had been treated like a joke and he became the punchline on every late night show and joke I told with my friends and family until November 8 when he was elected president, which came as a surprise to me and most of the country. This Trump upset however didn't come out of nowhere, In this article I will explain how economic inequality and anger from the white working class that propelled Trump to win the republican nomination, the demographic shifts that created anxiety amongst white voters, the voters who were secretly supporting trump, but too afraid to tell pollsters, the spread

Many readers have questioned what is meant by the term normal or what is considered to be normal throughout both texts. We can all agree that norms are standards by which individuals live by in a society. At times, members of a society have displayed behaviors which demonstrates the idea they have not changed and continue to single out everything and everyone not considered part of the norm. Unfortunately, our society has related normality with an individual’s appearance. Therefore, individuals are only allowed to belong to a society if they display a normal life or be mistreated by those who do not portray them as worthy of belonging. For example, if we act or look like everyone else them we are considered to be normal. Therefore the idea

On November 8, 2016, the United States was filled with mixed emotions from the outcome of the presidential election. For many, the results of the election were shocking because the candidates in this election were so different. The final votes were very close, but the results showed that Donald Trump would be the next President of the United States. When looking at the election, people focus on the how many votes their candidate received. However, many people do not look past just the vote itself. By this I mean, they do not realize the sociological concepts that play into the election. By looking at the election from a sociologists’ standpoint, there are many other important factors that contribute

The 2016 U.S Presidential Election ended on November 19th, yet many people did not expect or even think about the result of Trump becoming our 45th president. Although many people in California did not accept the fact that our first female candidate was defeated and lost the election, it is reasonable to explain some surprising observations and results of the election by looking through the lens of sociological theories.

Labels working class and middle class were very common. People who owed their success evolved into what they call “upper class” which had total control over the political and literacy system. Thus depriving the working class and middle class from having a voice in political situations. The working class however “remained shut out from the political process , and became increasingly hostile to the middle class.”