2016 Postmortem

DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Thu Jan 5, 2017, 02:34 PM Jan 2017

Study: 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 Trump’s 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

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Study: racism and sexism predict support for Trump much more than economic dissatisfaction (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2017 OP

A deplorable trifecta. progressoid Jan 2017 #1

I know eight people who voted for Trump Downtown Hound Jan 2017 #2

Yes but it doesn't mean that most Trump voters did so out of hate Amishman Jan 2017 #3

Hate is not the end of racism, they don't have to hate just accept or enable with silence uponit7771 Jan 2017 #10

Same as Brexit joshcryer Jan 2017 #4

So, let's stop with the "Bernie wudda won" crap. baldguy Jan 2017 #5

+1, Obama wasn't running against an openly racist person and Sanders would. Clinton is white uponit7771 Jan 2017 #11

K&R mcar Jan 2017 #6

the economic argument is based on whites only JI7 Jan 2017 #7

Yeap, I bookmarked this link for the deplorable... fucks their whole "economic" argument to hell ... uponit7771 Jan 2017 #12

Duh. Starry Messenger Jan 2017 #8

+1, Human Tribalism is VERY strong.. in one flipped town the UE rate was 20% in 09 but was 4% now uponit7771 Jan 2017 #9

progressoid

(50,748 posts)

1. A deplorable trifecta.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Jan 5, 2017, 03:31 PM

Jan 2017

Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)

2. I know eight people who voted for Trump

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Jan 5, 2017, 04:07 PM

Jan 2017

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

(5,816 posts)

3. Yes but it doesn't mean that most Trump voters did so out of hate

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Jan 5, 2017, 04:39 PM

Jan 2017

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

(91,763 posts)

10. Hate is not the end of racism, they don't have to hate just accept or enable with silence

Reply to Amishman (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 6, 2017, 03:52 AM

Jan 2017

joshcryer

(62,491 posts)

4. Same as Brexit

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Jan 5, 2017, 04:54 PM

Jan 2017

baldguy

(36,649 posts)

5. So, let's stop with the "Bernie wudda won" crap.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Jan 5, 2017, 07:52 PM

Jan 2017

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

(91,763 posts)

11. +1, Obama wasn't running against an openly racist person and Sanders would. Clinton is white

Reply to baldguy (Reply #5)

Fri Jan 6, 2017, 03:53 AM

Jan 2017

... and her skin color didn't matter to them... its who was backing her who did.

mcar

(43,509 posts)

6. K&R

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Jan 5, 2017, 07:52 PM

Jan 2017

JI7

(90,538 posts)

7. the economic argument is based on whites only

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Jan 5, 2017, 08:01 PM

Jan 2017

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

(91,763 posts)

12. Yeap, I bookmarked this link for the deplorable... fucks their whole "economic" argument to hell ...

Reply to JI7 (Reply #7)

Fri Jan 6, 2017, 03:54 AM

Jan 2017

.... and back.

www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37922587

Starry Messenger

(32,375 posts)

8. Duh.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Jan 5, 2017, 08:46 PM

Jan 2017

uponit7771

(91,763 posts)

9. +1, Human Tribalism is VERY strong.. in one flipped town the UE rate was 20% in 09 but was 4% now