NP - It Was the Racism (not economics)

[David Morris]

Esdall:

In some respects, the data gathered by Orfield’s team is good news for
Democrats. The core of Trump’s support lies in counties and municipalities
like Dravosburg and Elk County, many of which are losing population. They
are, in effect, the last gasp of white hegemony.
[...]
what is really striking is how much influence over the course of events was
exercised by the relatively small numbers of voters in super-white
municipalities and counties and by the politician who ignited them — how
the last gasp of a small fraction of the electorate set the nation on such
a dangerous and destructive course.

On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 6:17 PM Robert Mahnke <rpmahnke at gmail.com> wrote:

> At the risk of stating the obvious, Romney got 47.2% of the vote and Trump
> got only 46.1%. (Numbers per Wikipedia, which never makes mistakes.) So if
> one is trying to look for reasons that Trump won, looking at where he
> outperformed Romney doesn't quite go to the question, although it's not a
> worthless inquiry. Where Trump really outperformed was in the Electoral
> College.
>
> On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 3:49 PM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> MJ's piece was entirely based on the Thomas B. Esdall piece, which was a
>> prime example of what-put-Trump-over-the-top-ism.
>>
>> A lot of things put Trump over the top.
>>
>> Socking it to the Elite is my favorite.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 5:44 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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