This was a close election. If people keep up dismissing real economic despair, next one won't be. I'm from Turkey. I've seen this movie. https://twitter.com/MWLaPointe/status/796419859559182336 …
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Replying to @zeynep
This ignores large swing to Trump from under $30K group. Trump fused ethno-supremacy with economic populism. Ignore that at your own peril.
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Replying to @zeynep
Ethnopopulism, yes. The economics part was just marketing cover. He won higher income voters, lost lower incomes.
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Replying to @tomwatson @zeynep
that's missing the point. Romney won higher income groups, but lost the lower economic groups much worse. It's the delta.
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Replying to @ankenough @zeynep
Yes, but U.S. counties doing best in recovery voted for Trump. Not saying economics didn't matter. Saying distant 2nd.
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Replying to @tomwatson @ankenough
Missing the point. Not distant at all. Few care about these people so the "data" you have doesn't ask right questions.
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Replying to @zeynep @ankenough
I think we should never again use the phrase "white working class" after this election. It divides (and loses).
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Replying to @tomwatson @ankenough
As long as you develop loud policies that tie economic justice and tie them to anti-racism, fine. That did not happen.
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Replying to @zeynep @ankenough
Maybe not loud enough. I yield there. But one economic deal was far better for working class than the other.
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Politics isn't "this one is objectively better". And low unemployment & job numbers misled. Many pointed this out.
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Replying to @zeynep @ankenough
No politics isn't. And yes underemployment is very real. But something separated white and POC working class voters.
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Replying to @tomwatson @ankenough
Well, obviously POC poor people were reluctant to vote for Trump--but he won more of them than Romney so there.
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