the working class

By that point, Rayner had a strong support base and a powerful role likened to that of John Prescott, who was seen as a political bridge between the working class and the New Labour project during Tony Blair's premiership.

“I don’t know another person in the state of Ohio who has more of a résumé to help the little guy than Sherrod Brown has,” Perlaky added, pointing to the Social Security Fairness Act as just one of many examples of Brown’s accomplishments for the working class.

In this instance, the brain in question belongs to David Shor, a message-testing consultant who is invited every month or so to speak to party leaders at a luxury hotel about how to “win back the working class.”

I have heard this from Black, brown and white people; from members of the working class and poor and middle class; and from young people and older people.

First, in March, Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego held a donor retreat at a luxury resort in Arizona during which guests including centrist pundit Matt Yglesias discussed how to win back the working class.