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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    MaxwellBygraves wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    markos1963 wrote:
    As much as I believe in the Labour movement and Socialism I have to agree with this. Labour need to appeal to their core voters and get them to start actually voting again that way they won't have to rely on the 'squeezed middle'


    Why?

    Core labour voters don't live in swing seats.

    It makes no electoral sense to appeal to core labour voters.

    Yes it does. Between 97 and 05, Labour lost millions of working class voters. These people didn't start voting Tory, or anyone else, just stopped voting by and large. The drop in support from those in higher social categories and amongst professionals was quite small in comparison.

    So whilst appealing to the 'squeezed middle' makes sense to win in key swing seats, I think that neither party can comfortably rely on it's traditional base. Perhaps Labour less so than the Tories (although UKIP should pose a real challenge for the right-wing vote). As Bradford West highlighted.

    Said 'working class' voters almost always live in solid labour seats anyway.

    All that'd do is increase the amount they win by, which is virtually pointless.
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