Of course. That, plus the fact that after dealing with a black president for 8 years, they sure weren't going to elect one who was a woman.
Important new study finds that voters who switched from voting for Obama to Trump did not do so for economic reasons. They were often well off financially. It’s exactly what you thought. Trump appealed to their notions of racism & xenophobia.https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/10/16/17980820/trump-obama-2016-race-racism-class-economy-2018-midterm …
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*Least shocked face ever*
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It seems to be a truism that often the more secure people are financially, the more likely they will use their vote to indulge their prejudices, instead of voting on the actual issues.
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Duh of course. They just wanted to have cover so they blamed something else. Ask minorities we always knew what it was/is. We’ve seen it all of our lives and it looks the same as the 70s 80s and 90s 20s
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Who needed a study for this? We’ve always known this to be a FACT.
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The survey asks zero questions about economic anxiety and the authors ignore that family economic loss is as strong a predictor as attitudes towards immigration. It seems that the authors just concluded what they wanted to conclude.
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I think when people invoke an economic explanation it's to explain non-voters.
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Yeah, I think it’s clear Trump voters were motivated mainly by racial angst, non-voters by a belief (probably at least partially justified) that a vote for either party wouldn’t impact their lives. (Of course voter suppression also can’t be ignored.)
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We knew this
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