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Re:Can We Survive the Next Financial Crisis? by noobermin on Monday September 10, 2018 @04:12PM (#17954799)
The working poor did not vote for Trump more than they didn't vote. But even if you break down the vote by income, more wealthy folk voted for Trump and poorer people voted for Clinton, but more importantly, most of them didn't vote because they reckoned that neither choice affected them. I never understood this argument that poor people voted in Trump especially because it does square with exit poll data.

I do think some people voted for Trump as essentially accelerationism, but unless the Democrats and the media apparatus succeed again in disenfranchising an actual left candidate in 2020 (which is always possible) the tide could turn.

Re:Can We Survive the Next Financial Crisis? by pjmorris on Monday September 10, 2018 @09:35PM (#17956558)
Could you provide some citations for your claims (e.g. 'poorer people voted for Clinton')? If you do, I'll go look up my old sources. It's been awhile, but I came away with the impression that economic hardship was one of the drivers behind the election result.