In the 1984 election, the only element of the Democrats' New Deal coalition that voted solidly for Mondale was blue-collar workers.

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In the 1984 election, the element of the Democrats' New Deal coalition that voted solidly for Mondale was not blue-collar workers, but rather African American voters. Blue-collar workers, along with other traditional elements of the New Deal coalition, had started shifting towards the Republican Party, a trend that continued in this election.

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