In terms of class voting patterns, the Republicans are now the left-wing party as poor and working-class voters are, on average, now more likely to vote Republican, and upper middle and upper-class voters are, on average, more likely to vote Democratic. See Bill Bishop’s analysis of this.  That’s why the tankies are drifting toward the populist-right nowadays.

Vermont congressional candidate and former U.S. marine, Liam Madden, joins from a solar energy project where he is working to discuss challenging the military institution as part of his platform, and the challenges that come with that when running as a Republican candidate.