Editing Reagan Democrat (section)

==Similar concepts internationally==

* In the United Kingdom, the term "[[Essex man]]" can be used to describe a similar group of traditionally [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]-voting working-class voters who switched to voting for the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] led by [[Margaret Thatcher]] in the 1980s thanks to her [[Right to Buy]] policy in particular. While no name in particular has been given to this group, the [[2017 UK general election]] saw some [[Brexit]]-supporting middle or northern working-class areas swing disproportionally to the Conservative Party. For example, this was manifested in the Conservative candidates gaining part-urban Labour seats in [[Stoke-on-Trent South (UK Parliament constituency)|Stoke-on-Trent]], [[Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (UK Parliament constituency)|Middlesbrough]], and [[Walsall North (UK Parliament constituency)|Walsall]] in spite of the general Labour gain nationwide and in pro-[[European Union]] areas and the general losses for the Conservatives. On the other hand, Essex was dominated by the Conservatives in that election, with the party winning all 18 seats. After a larger number of northern working class areas swung to the Conservatives in the 2019 election, polling companies dubbed this group of people [[Workington man]]. The trend intensified in the [[2019 UK general election]], where the [[Red wall (British politics)|red wall]] largely voted for the Conservatives in greater numbers. This resulted in some constituencies that had been Labour for a century electing a Conservative MP, while others turned Conservative for the first time. 
* In Australia, the term "Howard battler" was used to refer to suburban working-class and traditionally [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] voters who switched to the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]] led by [[John Howard]] in the mid-1990s and carried the Liberals to victory for the first time since [[Malcolm Fraser]] in [[1980 Australian federal election|1980]].
* In New Zealand, political columnist [[Chris Trotter]] has theorised about the emergence of "[[Waitakere City|Waitakere]] Man", a traditionally blue-collar constituency who he believes switched their votes to [[National Party of New Zealand|National Party]] leader [[John Key]] in [[2008 New Zealand general election|2008]] on the premises of "ambition" and "aspiration", and supposedly also represent a backlash against "[[political correctness gone mad]]".