Americans: what did you think about the "middle class first" signs at the DNC?

Yes, the country first, not any one class. We all bring something to the table. I don’t identify with either party. I’ve been independent all of my life.

From a marketing perspective, I think it’s pretty spot on. From a social perspective I think it’s asinine, but perhaps a necessary evil of the moment. I agree with your interpretation of Big Bill’s speech, which I still need to read for myself, and that it is certainly a better theme.

Democrat, green, independent, socialist, etc. in no particular order.

Almost everyone considers themselves to be “middle class”. So, a couple working 80 hours/week to scrape by and feed their family believes that “middle class” is referring to them. So does the family down the street who is living comfortably, is able to put money away for their kids to go to college, and goes on vacation every year. So it’s a term that essentially means nothing, but is able to reach the largest number of people (customers).

Does it bother me? Not particularly. Would I prefer that the term “class” be left out of the discussion and replaced with the even more meaningless “American”? No. Class is important.

I’m a left/socialist/liberal/whatever who has committed to voting the “lesser of two evils” (Democrats).

Like it or not, politically correct or now, we DO live in a classed society. Always have always will. Go 200 years back in history and we did then.

So I think that those signs reflect reality – not a very pretty reality, of course, but they are honest.

Meaningless words. An election tactic.

I just hate the fact that people in the U.S. are so provincial. They don’t realize that most of the rest of the world is in the bottom 99% and Americans are on the top. No one wants to give up a large percentage of their wealth to correct that.

What would be the alternative? Upper class first? Sorry. Republicans already got that one.

Lower class first? I don’t think a lot of people would identify with that.

But I agree with @Crashsequence2012. It’s an erection tactic. :P

@wundayatta we don’t have to state in the marketing of the party that any group is first. We can come up with a better slogan/motto, or not hold up cards at all or just write 4 more years.

When political parties start representing particular classes you will have a very polarised society. Political parties should recognise that when they get into power they have a responsibility not just to their voters but to all Americans.

I don’t like this whole business of pre-printed signs in any case. It just shows what a PR and scripted thing the whole convention is. I didn’t like the Identical Michelle signs two nights ago. But I agree with you in objecting particularly to the “Middle Class First” signs.

It only further promotes a misguided divisiveness in our country the Dems have survived on.