With women comprising more than half of the electorate, the Conservative Party of Canada’s focus this election on working-class men risked alienating female voters.
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Republicans and Liberals have found common cause attacking big business. But when it comes to actually siding with workers over business, a different picture emerges.
Jesse Jackson proved in the 1980s that white working-class voters will support racialized candidates if their message is right. This could bode well for Kamala Harris.
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Professor of History, Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS), Concordia University
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Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Professor, Political Studies; Director, Canadian Opinion Research Archive, Queen's University, Ontario