Is The Us Election Really About Class?

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-35836102
It seems that Trump is a democrat at heart.

[Zacs-Master]

No. It's about Feeding the gullible American populace with things they want to hear, with no idea of how to deliver it. Same old stuff really.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-35758156

[Peter Pedant]

americans are adamant - yes all 200m of them - that they dont have a class structure

they are also resistant to the idea that they have a tiered social structure that is classified by income - seems rather obvious to the us Europeans.

[ watch out 3T long word alert ! ]

[ToraToraTora]

did you read the article zacs? Trump favours traditional left wing policies like protectionism etc.

[Zacs-Master]

I don't care what he favours. His popularity is due to his sound bite rhetoric which appeals,to the masses.

[Gromit]

No.
I don't you are discussing the election, I think you are on about in-fighting amongst Republicans for who is nominated to run for President. The fight with a Democrat candidate, probably Clinton is yet to come

The fight wirhin the Republican party could be about class.
The old guard represented by Cruz, are educated, affluent and play by the rules.
Trump is rude, new monied, and a thug.

[-Talbot-]

Peter Pedant
americans are adamant - yes all 200m of them



Are you classing the other 120 odd million as immigrants, PP?

[Gromit]

Talbot,

Eligible to vote in US - 218million. The rest are mostly children.

[Svejk]

https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/712980273797791744?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

[modeller]

Every election in every country country is fundamentally about class . The difference is how you define 'class ' . The more strident the claims for democracy , the less equality there is . It is bound to be ! We are all born different ! It doesn't matter what label or banner we carry .