Blue-Collar Support, Not Ideology, Underlies Donald Trump's Spectacular Rise

The Democrats have been bleeding blue-collar support, and dangerously so. And thus Donald Trump's huge backing among that demographic's gotta be a major fear for the post-Obama Dems heading into 2016.

From Ronald Brownstein, at National Journal, "The Billionaire Candidate and His Blue-Collar Following."

There's no sweet pullout quotes at the piece.

Just read it all at that link.

One point, though, is important: Brownstein notes that it's not likely that Trump's support will fade any time soon, and thus his challengers in the Republican field are going to have to find a way to "eclipse" him. But as long as Trump sticks with the issues that have driven his surge thus far, it's not likely that we'll be seeing a political eclipse in the short term. As noted above, however, the longer term fear's going to be with the Democrats. If Trump wins the nomination he's got the potential to strip white working class voters from the Democrat coalition once and for all. And that could be murderous to the left's electoral hopes, since much of the Democrats' so-called "coalition of the ascendant" just doesn't vote in numbers anywhere near those of traditional white constituencies.

But we'll see. We'll see.