Bernie appeals to Whites w/a universalist tradition. Trump appeals to Whites w/a history of clannishness. @JayMan471 http://www.unz.com/jman/the-donald-trump-phenomenon-part-1-the-american-nations/ …
@Billare @JayMan471 Times article includes white ethnicity in analysis,% of "Americans" is strong predictor of Trump support.
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@Billare@JayMan471 "Americans" though not real biological category, just a proxy for Southern Whites who have been in country pre-1776 -
@crimkadid@JayMan471 Of course not. But it clues you these are not Germans or Scandavians, later migrants w/more consensual type politics. - Show replies
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@crimkadid Most people who identify as "American" in the census are Ulster Scot in ancestry.@Billare -
@JayMan471@Billare All Southerners, not just Appalachians, identify as as American in great numbers. Even in App. Scotch-Irish are minority - Show replies
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