2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumStudy: racism and sexism predict support for Trump much more than economic dissatisfaction
The study comes with a chart to prove it.Updated by German Lopez@germanrlopezgerman.lopez@vox.com Jan 4, 2017, 1:30pm EST
Following Donald Trumps election, the media tried to identify several indicators for why he won. Was it the opioid painkiller and heroin epidemic? Poor health outcomes? The economy?
A new paper by political scientists Brian Schaffner, Matthew MacWilliams, and Tatishe Nteta puts the blame back on the same factors people pointed to before the election: racism and sexism. And the research has a very telling chart to prove it, showing that voters measures of sexism and racism correlated much more closely with support for Trump than economic dissatisfaction after controlling for factors like partisanship and political ideology:
As the paper acknowledges, clearly economic dissatisfaction was one factor and in an election in which Trump essentially won by just 80,000 votes in three states, maybe that, along with issues like the opioid epidemic and poor health outcomes, was enough to put Trump over the top. But the analysis also shows that a bulk of support for Trump perhaps what made him a contender to begin with came from beliefs rooted in racism and sexism.
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http://www.vox.com/identities/2017/1/4/14160956/trump-racism-sexism-economy-study
progressoid
(50,746 posts)Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)a every one of them except for one is doing just fine economically. And that one who isn't was a Sanders supporter who was just bitter that he lost and wanted to punish Hillary.
We need to stop portraying Trump supporters as victims. They are anything but. They are however, about to create many victims throught their disastrous policies.
Amishman
(5,810 posts)To flip it around, being a person of color strongly predicts voting for Hillary, but voting for Hillary does not necessarily indicate the voter is a person of color
Sorry, there is not one easy explanation. Time to put the broad brushes away.
uponit7771
(91,754 posts)joshcryer
(62,490 posts)baldguy
(36,649 posts)Racist assholes who voted for a guy openly endorsed by actual Nazis & actual Klansmen were never about to vote for a Jewish socialist from NYC & New England.
uponit7771
(91,754 posts)... and her skin color didn't matter to them... its who was backing her who did.
JI7
(90,524 posts)That's why people claim hillary can't relate to working class and similar shit .
Because they ignore or don't think non whites and lgbt can be working class.
But even among whites she still won those whose top concern was the economy.
uponit7771
(91,754 posts).... and back.
www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37922587
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(32,375 posts)uponit7771
(91,754 posts)... what the fuck is that !?!