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Working-class Conservatives in the United States
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There are socially conservative working-class people in the United States and observation of the evidence makes that reality clear. According to the CPS, the median household income was $63,179 in 2018. According to the ACS, the U.S. median household income in 2018 was $61,937. 27% of people with household incomes under $30,000 are Republican. 39% of people with household incomes between $30,000 and $49,999 are Republican, and 45% between $50,000 and $99,999 are Republican. That means there are tens of millions of socially conservative people from below-average-income households in the United States. https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/religious-landscape-study/compare/party-affiliation/by/income-distribution/ 36% of voters with incomes under $15,000 vote Republican, 43% of Republicans support labor unions, and White working-class voters with high school diplomas, some college without degrees vote Republican by margins of over 20 points. (Bill Fay Debt.org ) "As of 2021, over