Democrats have long since realized that people who are poor and dependent on the government will vote for them,
Yawn.
This is an extremely old talking point, and - as usual - captain cut & paste is delivering it like it's new or interesting or his discovery.
Democrats definitely monopolized the poor during the hey-day of the New Deal - form 1930 to 1980.
But the Reagan Revolution would never have become a revolution if it only spoke to the wealthy. Reagan - and Newt's capture of the House - needed broad electoral support, so they used religion, patriotism, nationalism and the "Culture War" to go after the poor (especially in the South and Midwest). The post-Watergate resurgence of the Right would eventually employ an unprecedented army of think tanks and pop media to cultivate revanchist resentment amongst poor Americans who felt alienated by the social revolution of the 60s. So the notion that the Democrats are still the party of the poor is a gross simplification, if not factually false.
In terms of cultivating government dependency, the OP should research the amount of welfare doled out to poor red states. We can debate which states are the biggest takers, but we can't claim that Red States don't take. And we can't claim that they don't suck at Uncle Sam's teat every time a Hurricane, tornado or flood rips through their state.
The problem with the OP is that he is a deep believer in
his team - so much so that he trusts everything they tell him, including the part about how his side doesn't cultivate dependency amongst the poor. He thinks his politicians don't dole out candy for electoral reasons. I'd ask him to study the amount of pork that came out of the Bush & GOP congress, but we know he is the cut & paste king, and his Dear Leaders don't supply him with that kind of information.
[Psst: hey moron. Do you want to know how Bush was able to win a second term so he could keep his mismanaged farce of a war going? The answer is quite simple. He handed out homes to the poor at a rate that made the Democrats look like Milton Friedman. Don't take my word for it; listen to his ******* for words.]