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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Oh come on.
The White Supremacists range from Tucker Carlson to Proud Boys to Breitbart to the Highland Park Shooter to elected like Gohmert, Abbott, and DeSantis. They are all Republican (Trump) voters and electeds.
Sure, historically there were plenty of dems who went in for this stuff, but it's really been twenty years since the last of those types died off or went over the Republicans.
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If those asshats vote, yes, they vote Trump. But how many of those clowns are out there? A few million wingnuts? Maybe ten? (And how many are barred felons?)
I don't see any responsible statistical basis for the assertion Trump was overwhelmingly elected by racists.
Your argument that racists provided the little bit needed to win is true. Trump needed every group he that voted for him to win in 2016 as his margin was so thin. But that would mean that if he somehow lost, say, the military vote, or the tax voters, he would not have won. Every group he had was essential. Racists were one slice of a big, very strange pizza.
I'd totally agree with articles that said, "But for the Racists, No Trump." I think the math to support that is out there (with the caveat I just noted).
OTOH, articles saying, "It's Not the Economic Anxiety; It's the Racism," are stretching the point. It's both, among a lot of other shit. Much of it bizarre.
ETA: And the sexists! Fuck, how did I forget the sexists. Shit, that's a huge part of Trump's vote. In fact, how did racism become the favored narrative explaining Trump's win when clearly, however much of that was involved, sexism was a far larger - possibly by multiples - component? I guess people assume all sexists are racists? That's not true by a long shot. Equally loathsome crowds, but the Venn there looks far more like a sideways 8 than a 0.
