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This is really fascinating, and seems maybe like a good proxy for how successful victim narratives have been for different groups (as in, getting other people to view you as less approved of than you actually are). I'm definitely way surprised by 'Catholic' here.

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Steve Stewart-Williams

@SteveStuWill

Mar 9, 2020

Americans overestimate voters' prejudices against women and ethnic minorities. Democrats are particularly prone to this – which ironically makes them less likely to support female or minority candidates due to concerns about electability. economist.com/graphic-detail

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9:58 PM · Mar 9, 2020

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This is based on the explicit statements of Republicans right? I’d guess that many people wouldn’t say they’d refuse to vote for ex. a gay person but would still have a higher threshold for voting for that person than if s/he were straight.

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It's important to note that this is what people purported. Voting is private. We don't know what they'll ACTUALLY support. But I'd estimate the "actual" in the poll isn't too far off from what they'll do.

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Looks like they were correct on one category 😛

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I’m not saying you’re wrong. But some would argue it’s not that people abjectly won’t vote for women/minorities but that the bar seems to be higher for them, and all things equal the white male will win. And it’s really hard to measure that.

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What about •over age 70• section:)

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These are stated responses, so a respondent might say they'd be willing to vote for a woman for president, yet every time a woman is on the ballot they find them "bitchy" & "shrill".