Disillusioned or Downwardly-Mobile?
News and Views from the Center for Working-Class Politics: June 5, 2026
Smokejumper Sam Forstag wins the Democratic Primary in Montana. The gaps between the working-class and the liberal left aren’t all economic. What Talarico must do to win in Texas. The P.M.C. and Platner. Meet ‘The Disillusioned’ voters, they are legion. And a review of Les Leopold’s new book.
Plus, The New Yorker podcast catches…


