Look, pre-election explainers with glib headlines incorrectly using regression to claim economic issues and race were separate were wrong.
There appears that there were, indeed, more POC who voted Trump (compared with Romney) because of econ issues+
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Also, in a lot of places, it appears substantial number of (twice) Obama voters switched to Trump. Go figure.
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My argument: don't ever drop racism, don't pander but don't use that as excuse to ignore economic concerns +
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I'm not sure that a vote for Obama means "not driven by racist assumptions about class and entitlement."
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Indeed, it doesn't. Absolutely agree. But it means, whatever they are, they don't stop a vote for Obama.
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Racism and capitalism go hand in hand in this country. "Better off than them" has been a motivation since slavery.
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Yes, I agree. I think that voter suppression is not inconsequential.
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Yep. People really have to organize for mid-term elections and state houses: that's the lever.
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