When people ask me about the Democrats' losses with working-class voters, I think of a friend living near our farm whose car broke down. He couldn't afford a $2 bolt to fix it until his next pay day. Democrats' policies have in fact helped people like him, but he doesn't see that; from his perspective the Democrats are remote, educated elites more likely to lecture him about inclusion than to include him, more eager to give him pronouns than help with housing--and the condescension of the educated is sometimes compounded by disdain for religion, which is a pillar of many working-class households. Folks want a redistribution of incomes, yes, but also a redistribution of dignity. In this column, I suggest that to win again, Democrats do something that will be very painful: listen respectfully to the working-class folks who have just rejected them and voted for their nemesis: nyti.ms/40ILxyr