NP - It Was the Racism (not economics)

[David Morris]

Read the analysis of the data linked into the Mother Jones Blog post from a
NYT Opp-Ed by Thomas Edsall:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/16/opinion/trump-white-voting.html?_r=0

Kevin Drum:

"Thomas Edsall, who consistently writes some of the most thought-provoking
analysis around, takes a look at some of the data that’s now starting to
trickle out and presents us with this chart that compares the 2012 and 2016
elections.  [...]

In most places, even those that are heavily white, the red trendline is
below zero, which means Trump won a smaller share of the vote than Romney
did. The only places where he outperformed Romney were in the very whitest
suburbs and small towns."

On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 4:44 PM, Atticus Pinecone <atticuspinecone at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Right, what's the link there? White people feel that way? There's no poll.
> Seems like a bit of a leap.
>
> And NPR told me it was dumb poor white people voting for Trump...
>
> I've been reading MJ for almost a decade, they've taken a weird turn ever
> since this last election :^(
>
> On Nov 20, 2017, at 4:55 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Um, the article said this:
>
> *"Anger*, fear and animosity toward immigrants and minorities"
>
> That's his thesis.  Makes sense to me.  "Economic Anxiety" was just an
> excuse.
>
> David Morris
>
> On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 2:16 PM, Atticus Pinecone <
> atticuspinecone at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> How does racism work in? Their skin color?
>>
>> On Nov 20, 2017, at 2:52 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2017/11/heres-how-the-
>> residents-of-super-white-america-voted-in-2016/
>>
>> "In most places, even those that are heavily white, Trump won a smaller
>> share of the vote than Romney did. The only places where he outperformed
>> Romney were in the very whitest suburbs and small towns.
>>
>> Put another way, anger, fear and animosity toward immigrants and
>> minorities was most politically potent in the communities most insulated
>> from these supposed threats."
>>
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