This, at times, puts them at odds with large parts of the middle- and working-class base of the Democratic Party.
By minimising the gender gap among its working-class base, the National Front could claim the support of over 20% of the overall electorate, according to Ms Mayer.
Formed on a working-class base, Labor claims to be the first party of its kind in the Western world to have won power: in Queensland in 1899 (briefly), then as a national government five years later.
Mrs Thatcher's three successive election victories so changed the nature of politics that even the Labour Party, traditionally the champion of the working classes, came to adopt a similar view of the world, competing for a tiny number of swing voters while reasoning that its traditional working-class base had nowhere else to go.
It emerged in the inter-war years as a split from republican liberalism, and while it became a traditional social democratic party after the fall of the Colonels regime in 1974, its forms of organisation, and mass base among civil servants and small business people, lead some to compare it to Argentine "Peronism" - that is left nationalism with a working class base.
So the Tories are desperate to shore up their base among middle-class voters: time therefore for a risk.
Our region offers a strong manufacturing and supply chain base, world-class research facilities, a highly-skilled workforce, and economic development organizations that foster innovation and entrepreneurship.
We have strong institutions, a world-class research base and dedicated staff.
Among the factors working in John Lewis' favour, Mr Bubb notes higher confidence of its middle-class customer base and the stronger recovery in London and the South East where the company has most of its stores.
The UK has a world class knowledge base and we hope that the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering will re-invigorate interest and passion in engineering that will make the most of what we already have and build on it.
Charles MacKinnon of Thurleigh Investment Managers also argues that shares in global firms with a diversified profits base are an attractive asset class in an era when governments are generally trying to reduce the value of their currencies.
They base that on the fact that Class 4 cards from multiple manufacturers seem vulnerable.
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Last year HMS Clyde was the first vessel to emerge from the Hampshire naval base since 1967, when Leander-class frigate HMS Andromeda was completed.
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Crucially, the Republican Party's base is united by culture, not class.
Additionally, the internal SSD in the Modbook Pro's base configuration goes from a 64GB NisharaTM-class drive to a 120GB SansharaTM-class high- performance drive.
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It has world class cities, with a sizeable consumer base in urban centers like St.
They bring in more middle-class residents, which broadens the tax base and so pays for more improvements: a virtuous cycle.
Once Medicaid expands, and turns into a middle class benefit, there will be a base of political pressure to correct these problems.
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Accustomed to magnificence from James, Wade and Chris Bosh, the fan base can seem like a toddler nestled in first class enthusiastic, though not quite aware of how privileged this is.
The most likely result: a recession that would lead to yet higher federal deficits, higher unemployment, a further squeeze on the middle-class and a contraction in the tax base that would threaten to bankrupt public employee pension plans from California to New York.
While Obama has been solidifying his base of younger, college-educated, higher-paid voters, he has steadily been chipping away Clinton's base of blue-collar, older, working-class voters.
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Pte First Class Kimberly Rivera had been serving as a base guard in Baghdad when she fled to Canada in 2007 with her husband and children.
The former Saks vice chairman, who oversees a sprawling international fashion, retail and real estate empire from his base in Belgium, sails a restored 1933 J-Class called Velsheda.
The Ministry of Commerce is planning to assist manufacturers in identifying new markets beyond the U.S. and Europe, particularly India which is going through its own middle class expansion, albeit from a much lower base.
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What Chrysler needs, more than ever, is a mass-market partner that can provide the global reach and economies of scale it needs to make a decent profit selling cars to America's middle class and to expand beyond its North American base.
But until recently most voting was class voting, with each party guaranteed a solid base among its natural supporters.
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WeChat's user base includes much of China's smartphone-owning middle class, a highly attractive target for advertising, but Tencent says it is still improving user experience and has no plans to make money off the service yet.
The other thing that unions did, particularly in the manufacturing sector, was it gave a base for blue-collar workers to get a middle-class wage, which meant that essentially the guys working at the Ford plant could afford to buy a Ford.
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But with the outlook closer to the base of the social pyramid not so rosy, a growing class of superwealthy might actually exacerbate class tensions at a moment when the promise of cherry-picking Western hypercapitalism could turn more sour than ever.
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