Sporadic shouts of «hear, hear» broke out around the room as he argued that Thatcherism drew in a new breed of blue collar voters to the party, a philosophy modern conservatives need to return to if they are to reengage with the working class. (totalpolitics.com)
Henry Olsen nailed it: Non-evangelical white blue collar voters in the MIDWEST and Latino voters were the difference. (firstthings.com)
«The group will argue that values — and not a politician's background — are the crucial factor in communicating effectively with blue collar voters and that it is today's generation of Conservative politicians who most closely represent the values of those voters who will determine the outcome of the next general election,» he said. (politics.co.uk)