INDIVIDUALS VS GROUPS

For a long time I think I have seen a difference between the Republican Party and the Democratic Party.  Republicans tend to like the "self made man" whereas Democrats think of "groups."  It used to be that Republicans nominated the "self made man" for President .  Think of Eisenhower, Nixon, Ford, and Reagan.  All of these came from humble beginnings.  Although the Republican Party is considered the party of the wealthy, Democrats used to favor wealthy people to nominate for President.  Think of Roosevelt and Kennedy.  True there were Truman and Johnson who came from humble beginnings but both were accidental presidents with Truman acceding to the Presidency with the death of Roosevelt and Johnson with the assassination of Kennedy.

More recently, things have changed with the Republican Party nominating wealthy men such a George H.W. Bush and George Bush as well as Mitt Romney with Donald Trump probably the most wealthy of all, whereas the Democrats have gone with men of more modest beginnings like Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.  While Hillary Clinton may be wealthy now, she did come from modest beginnings.  (I'm not sure how to classify Michael Dukakis whose father was a physician but as of Greek heritage, they were certainly looked down on by the Boston Brahmins) The sampling size is small so maybe it is just a coincidence.

But look at the two candidates for president now.  You have the individual Donald Trump who says, "believe me, I am the only person that can save you "and Hillary Clinton who wrote a book called
It Takes A Community To Raise A Child and has the current motto of Stronger Together as she runs for president.  People say she is stealing the Stronger Together from Reagan although she has long preached this concept in her book.

Who will win?  Will it be the women, African Americans, Hispanics, and the LGBT or the angry American white males?  We'll know in November, probably.