Maybe Russia will help Trump again in 2020. Maybe white Americans will overlook their revulsion of Charlottesville and vote for him again.
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Replying to @JoyAnnReid @axios
Those things are entirely possible. But is Bannon right that the events of this week will INCREASE the number of white voters for Trump?
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I don't see any evidence of that, especially with independent support for him and the GOP going the other way.
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Caveat: a recent
@YouGov poll finds that most (white) Americans side with Trump on confederate monuments: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/08/17/on-confederate-monuments-the-public-stands-with-trump/?utm_term=.4f09310d07d3 …pic.twitter.com/FE1xFsqVZV
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Of course, when you break that poll down by race, things look different, and pro-confederate lore sentiment is actually shrinking.pic.twitter.com/4AWZ2ewVW4
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So again, after this week, it's likely that Trump voters mostly stick with him or even double down. But where is the evidence of GROWTH?
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Given that white anxiety and white nationalism are two different things: the latter seeks to reel in the former but can only do so subtly...
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Replying to @Julezresist @Juliaware18 and
because... pundits... predict... voters feelings? that's like their one job, tbh.
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You know it actually doesn't? I mean I think political analysis is different than understanding someone's worldview/experiences...
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Replying to @csilverandgold @Juliaware18 and
but really there are some very solid reasons to think there's an information asymmetry between blacks and whites re: each other.
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Replying to @csilverandgold @Juliaware18 and
if you're at all interested I'd love to explain the argument to you?
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