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I'm not sure about that. One thing which I think tends to skew things is that we get so many immigrants who are intent on seeking better opportunities than they had in their home countries.
For most of them, things are by default better than what they had back home [as paupers or even as middlings back home], else they would not have come and the movement to migrate _here_ would run out of momentum.
Second gen + may be more receptive to more progressive ideas about security, mobility etc.
Socialism was very popular at the turn of the 20th century. Workers movements were strong, labor had power. A socialist ran for president, even. The real reason why it never took root was because it was brutally opposed at every turn by government and business.
Even Henry Ford adopted some Progressive/Socialist principles. For every Henry Frick there were thousands of much less severe people in positions of power.
But in America, wages were usually quite a bit higher than in Europe, so the need was less obvious.
>working class whites have very distinctly voted against their interests.
Given that Obama pushed the TPP hard, made the Bush tax cuts permanent and effectively raised taxes on the working poor with the ACA (also known as Romney Care) and Clinton passed NAFTA and shortened welfare to 5 years. I assuming you mean they should have voted Green party or something?
