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Here <https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2574> is an interesting article on the divisions in US society. It gives a breakdown of the views of the Kavanaugh nomination by age, gender and ethnic group (black, white, and Latino or what they call "Hispanic"). This poll shows that the main division about Kavanaugh is not around gender; it's around race. The overwhelming majority of black and Latino people, male and female, young and old, oppose Kavanaugh. Among whites, it is much more divided. Even white women support Kavanaugh's confirmation by 51% to 40%. There is something of a difference by age, meaning that younger white women would tend more to oppose Kavanaugh than would older white women, but that division is nowhere near as great as by race/ethnicity. It does not give a breakdown by class or even income, which approximates class but is a far from perfect indicator of it. However, support for Trump spans the class divisions, and there is no reason to think support for Kavanaugh doesn't do the same. What this shows is not that the working class is divided; it's actually fragmented. It hardly exists as an independent force in US society. This has created a massive vacuum, and just as nature abhors a vacuum, so does politics. It is exactly this vacuum that has allowed the most extreme views, the most extreme aggression against the working class to become a mass force. It is why more than ever socialists should be emphasizing the necessity of starting to take the small steps possible to build a working class party (not a "left" party; a *working class* party). And as Cliff Willmeng, workers candidate for Boulder County Commissioner, explains in his interview <https://oaklandsocialist.com/2018/10/04/interview-cliff-willmeng-workers-candidate-for-boulder-county-commissioner/>, it's not possible to do this while supporting the liberal wing of the Democrats. John Reimann -- *“In politics, abstract terms conceal treachery.” *from "The Black Jacobins" by C. L. R. James Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
