It played a role in giving people an outlet to attach their anger to, the same as it did in 1930s Germany. But the economics came first and are still dominant in the majority of Trump voters I speak with. The vocal minority pushing the racism and anti-LGBT stuff are not representative.
It's like you and I are reading from the same book! - If I just go off what I see online, most of the loudest anti-trans voices, and most of the racists, I'm more or less convinced have never met or gotten to know any trans people or any black people. It's a certain amount of willful ignorance on their part.
Re:US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s
by edflsafoiewq on Sunday March 09, 2025 @12:49PM
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Income is one of the weakest predictors of which way you voted. Race and religion are far stronger.
That's incorrect. Gender was a larger predictor in the last election (and then married status, interestingly enough). Trump gained in both black and latino voter share. https://apnews.com/article/election-harris-trump-women-latin...
Re:US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s
by edflsafoiewq on Sunday March 09, 2025 @01:40PM
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No, it is correct.
Here are CNN's exit polls: https://www.cnn.com/election/2024/exit-polls/national-result...
The largest split in any income group is 52-46, nearly even. The largest split by gender is only 55-43.
By contrast, Blacks are 13-86. White Protestants are 72-26. White Jews are 20-79. White nones are 28-71.
I don't think it's plausible, on the face of it, that the party would risk transparently directing the full force of its campaign message to an insignificant fringe. Maybe they know the composition of their voting base better than we, who are inclined to only see the best in people, do.
As I mentioned in another thread, the Republicans switched from "the immigrants are stealing your jobs" to "the immigrants are stealing your cats."