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Democrats now represent 9 of the 10 wealthiest congressional districts in the US

https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2023/04/13/democrats-now-represent-9-of-the-10-wealthiest-congressional-districts-in-the-us-n543617

There are definitely a lot more blue districts on that first page. Not only are Democrats 9 of the top 10, they are:

16 of the top 20
34 of the top 50
69 of the top 100

Republicans were the party of the country club, and they’re increasingly the party of country,” lobbyist and political analyst Bruce Mehlman told Axios.

“We have seen an inversion of Democrat and Republican shares of the highest- and lowest-income districts — and the highest and lowest college degree-holding districts,” Cook Political Report’s Dave Wasserman told Axios.

“There’s an elitism that pervades when you have wealth,” she added.

Kaptur has given a version of the chart to President Joe Biden, and says she presented the document to members at a recent caucus meeting. According to her, Democrats ranging from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries down to rank-and-file lawmakers are often taken aback by the visual.

“And then they’re quiet, and they just study it,” she said. “I don’t know where it takes us, except I hope to a more enlightened future.”
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They’ve become the party of the elite or at least of the successful upper middle class. What does this do to all of their past rhetoric about the 99%, income disparity and wealth inequality? Do they still care about those things now that their voters appear to be the ones benefitting?

(Dems were once the party of the middle class, not any more and it shows....)