The left keeps claiming that its candidates purport to speak for working-class people and advance working-class interests, only to discover that supporters of democratic socialism are disproportionately affluent and elite-educated. It's true in New York City—where two democratic socialists just won their primaries—and it's also true in Maine, where Democratic nominee Graham Platner hopes to defeat incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins.
Platner's campaign rhetoric often includes dramatic statements about how working people in Maine are falling in love with his extremely progressive economic policies and agree with his tactic of incessantly demonizing the wealthy.
