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In reply to the discussion: Wash Post: Racism motivated Trump voters more than authoritarianism [View all]still_one
(96,802 posts)30. No kidding. Of course it didn't help that the media did their damnedest to normalize trump's racist
sexist, xenophobia
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SO DID SEXISM. Why do they continually leave THAT OUT? First female nominee of major party..
CousinIT
Apr 2017
#1
It's probably been left out because the majority a sub-group of women voted for Trump
Number23
Apr 2017
#22
42% of women who voted, voted for DT. Apparently, of the total 53% were white.
58Sunliner
Apr 2017
#28
White people were not the reason Obama was elected. 94% of black women voted for Clinton
Number23
Apr 2017
#32
Exit polling showed top two issues for Trump voters were immigration and terrorism
emulatorloo
Apr 2017
#13
Correct, those words translate to racism and the overall misogyny was there of course
Eliot Rosewater
Apr 2017
#14
Exactly. And not that I trust exit polls that much but it has been glaringly apparent what the
Number23
Apr 2017
#23
Wow. I have never seen that before. I don't see how any moderately intelligent or decent human being
Number23
May 2017
#40
lots of white people want to absolve their own fams about being racists
La Lioness Priyanka
Apr 2017
#21
holy crap. this election exposed so much racism in white gay male culture.
La Lioness Priyanka
Apr 2017
#36
No kidding. Of course it didn't help that the media did their damnedest to normalize trump's racist
still_one
Apr 2017
#30
Joan C. Williams, lawyer, author, & professor has a book we'll be hearing about
irisblue
Jun 2017
#43