NP - It Was the Racism (not economics)

[Chris v]

It hurts cuz I like mother jones, but come on.


https://www.forbes.com/sites/aviksaroy/2016/11/19/man-bites-
dog-trump-did-better-with-minorities-than-mitt-romney-did-in-2012/
<https://www.forbes.com/sites/aviksaroy/2016/11/19/man-bites-dog-trump-did-better-with-minorities-than-mitt-romney-did-in-2012/>

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/11/
11/trump-got-more-votes-from-people-of-color-than-romney-did-heres-the-data/

https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-election-day/trump-
did-better-blacks-hispanics-romney-12-exit-polls-n681386

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/09/behind-trump
s-victory-divisions-by-race-gender-education/

On 20 Nov 2017 6:43 pm, "David Morris" <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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."
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free.
>>>>> www.avg.com
>>>>> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail>
>>>>> <#m_1164162736785649605_m_-1040530435650078375_m_-2071117965516562033_m_-286002720525888022_m_-5543248976507564610_m_1646132268089396847_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://waste.org/pipermail/pynchon-l/attachments/20171120/8d6caf6f/attachment.html>