It doesn't work like that, though. The "Republicans are for rich people" "Democrats are for poor people" schism dates back to the demise of the Bourbon Democrats. Wilson shifted the Democrats left; Harding shifted the Republicans hard-right. By the time FDR came around the Right was so reactionary that army vets were marching on Washington and Wall Street was contemplating throwing him over for Hitler.

This is one of the reasons goobster and I keep harping about the Southern Strategy - the South belonged solidly to the Democrats because they were poor and the Democrats didn't say shit about segregation. Then LBJ said shit about segregation and poor white trash that had no reason whatsoever to vote Republican did so with great enthusiasm so long as they had someone more downtrodden than themselves to make themselves feel better.

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."

LBJ

Wealthy elites don't swing "heavily" GOP. Any wealthy elite that doesn't toe the GOP party line is a greater or lesser Soros and has been for a hundred years.