@HeerJeet Good thing none of the Democrats' strategic choices have contributed that polarization.
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@DouthatNYT Prior to Goldwater & conservative movement take over of GOP in 1964, Republicans were competitive with black voters.3 replies 2 retweets 9 likes -
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@DouthatNYT@HeerJeet WWC drift from Democratic Party preceded Obama, no?2 replies 0 retweets 9 likes -
Replying to @ThePlumLineGS
@ThePlumLineGS@DouthatNYT Yep. "Reagan Democrats" existed while Obama was still smoking pot in college.2 replies 0 retweets 9 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@ThePlumLineGS@DouthatNYT The white working class thing is largely a myth per Bartels - driven by South: http://themonkeycage.org/2012/02/zombie-politics-the-voting-behavior-of-white-working-class/ …4 replies 8 retweets 28 likes -
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@BrendanNyhan@HeerJeet@DouthatNYT even if true, still a large aggregate loss of WWC voters, no?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ThePlumLineGS
@ThePlumLineGS@HeerJeet@DouthatNYT no, see first graph. flat over time. and different story w/different causes & implications.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@BrendanNyhan@HeerJeet@DouthatNYT interesting, but if you continue that graph through the present, is there a continued decline?5 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@ThePlumLineGS@HeerJeet@DouthatNYT Updated Bartels data explicitly showing South/non-South split as of June 2012: http://themonkeycage.org/2012/06/the-party-of-the-american-working-man-and-woman/ …2 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
@BrendanNyhan @ThePlumLineGS @DouthatNYT 2012 results in rust-belt states would seem to bear this out.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@BrendanNyhan@DouthatNYT one would think it would be easy to settle this0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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