text: We now know that the progressives, despite their dissatisfaction with many elements of President Obama's agenda, largely won those fights. The result is that large segments of the American electorate feel that the administration and Democrats in Congress don't understand and don't care to understand their aspirations and fears. This sentiment is most keenly and strongly felt among conservative Republicans, but it is sharedfor different reasonsby many nonconservatives. This sentiment is particularly strong among the white working class and among Catholics.