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@Billare @JayMan471 A better analysis: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/13/upshot/the-geography-of-trumpism.html?smid=tw-upshotnyt&smtyp=cur …

@crimkadid @JayMan471 I've read it. Jayman's piece even draws on it. But it's too occupied trying to sieve a preferred narrative IMO.

@Billare @JayMan471 A .61 correlation between Trump support and % of whites without high school diplomas can't be easily explained away

@crimkadid @JayMan471 What makes you think political universalism/clannishness & valuing education are unrelated?

@crimkadid @JayMan471 The quality of local education is a communal good; Mass. residents tax themselves heavily for it while Miss. declines.

@crimkadid @JayMan471 I'm not sure how "hard" the American Nations construct is, but is far less frail that analyzing Whites as one group.

@Billare @JayMan471 Times article includes white ethnicity in analysis,% of "Americans" is strong predictor of Trump support.

@Billare @JayMan471 "Americans" though not real biological category, just a proxy for Southern Whites who have been in country pre-1776