If Donald Trump ends up facing off against Joe Biden in 2020, it will be portrayed as a fight for the hearts and souls of white working-class voters in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and my home state of Michigan.
But what do these workers want and need? The President and his allies on the right offer a mixture of economic nostalgia, crass nativism, and trade wars. Many on the left ( though not Biden himself ) promise a guaranteed income for underemployed and out-of-work populations.
Yet evidence suggests that most of these voters ultimately want the “dignity of work” via a good-paying job. […]
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