4. Almost everything correlates; only four variables proved independently significant. One was Republican Party registration. Not shocking.
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5. The 2nd was deportation. 87% of white working-class voters who want to deport undocumented immigrants voted Trump https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/white-working-class-trump-cultural-anxiety/525771/ …pic.twitter.com/oYmB4r1cHm
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6. Third? Higher education. WWC voters who think of college as a risky gamble, not an investment, went 2x for Trump: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/white-working-class-trump-cultural-anxiety/525771/ …pic.twitter.com/tYz0VHSY0R
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7. WWC voters who wanted to protect American way of life, or feel like strangers in their own country? 79% for Trump https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/white-working-class-trump-cultural-anxiety/525771/ …pic.twitter.com/WQHWUFP7Fk
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8. Only one economic variable was independently predictive, and that only to 90% confidence level: Fair or poor financial condition.
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9. We found economically distressed white, working class voters were 75% more likely to vote for Clinton—not Trump.https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/white-working-class-trump-cultural-anxiety/525771/ …
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10. Bottom line? White, working class Trump voters felt culturally displaced and resentful, not financially stressedhttps://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/white-working-class-trump-cultural-anxiety/525771/ …
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11. More data, and full analysis, here from the redoubtable
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I read there regressions and would say you cannot separate two variables in a feedback loop like this. Democrats will be greatly misled.
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