Trump's supporters are "disproportionately living in racially and culturally isolated zip codes."

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Trump's supporters are "disproportionately living in racially and culturally isolated zip codes."


What We Learned About Trump’s Supporters This Week
http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/what-we-learned-about-trumps-supporters-this-week?mbid=social_twitter&utm_content=buffer4a618&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer


By Ryan Lizza , August 13, 2016



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A Donald Trump supporter at rally in Denver, Colorado, in late July. New research suggests that the Trump voter is driven not by simple economic self-interest but by something deeper and more psychological. Photograph by RJ Sangosti / The Denver Post / Getty
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....................Despite the justifiable panic among Republicans who believe Trump’s post-Convention crater may swallow other G.O.P. candidates, Trump showed no interest in building a conventional political campaign. In an interview with CNBC, he bragged that he has spent “zero” dollars on television ads (he has actually spent some money). In an interview on Fox News, he noted, “I don’t know that we need to get out the vote.” This is the Trump we have come to know: flaunting every obvious weakness as a tremendous strength.

Unlike in the Republican primaries, when Trump’s serial untruths and shocking statements had little effect on his political standing, the damage in the general election has been swift and severe. As of Friday morning, Hillary Clinton led Trump in the last twenty-one nationals polls. New surveys in the most competitive swing states raise the possibility of a Clinton landslide. Important subgroups are repulsed by Trump. In one new poll, eighty-two per cent of Hispanics have an unfavorable opinion of Trump. Number-crunchers at the Times and FiveThirtyEight put Clinton’s chances of victory at close to ninety per cent.

But even if Trump loses, Trumpism won’t necessarily lose, too. Trump makes so much news in a single week that it’s sometimes hard to know how to process it all. The last few days did offer some clarity, however, in an ongoing debate about the nature of Trump’s supporters, who make up an enormous chunk of the electorate and will have influence over American politics for years to come.

To simplify somewhat, analysts have been divided into two camps when it comes to what’s driving support for Trump. One group places a great deal of emphasis on economics as the crucial factor, while another group places more weight on racism and bigotry as the key explanation. The two are, of course, intertwined: a Trump voter who is struggling economically might like Trump’s views on trade deals and his attacks on non-whites...................................

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1. Also this. Trump supporters in CT tonight...........

Heather Whaley ‏@HeatherWhaley 11h11 hours ago

.@nxthompson @RyanLizza Also this. Trump supporters in CT tonight.

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2. Racism at the core of it

[Jim Dandy]

3. The politically inbred

[TheBlackAdder]

4. As the US society stratifies, walled communities found in Africa and Middle East will begin to form.

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5. It's not precisely the working class

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-mythology-of-trumps-working-class-support/

The median household income of a Trump voter so far in the primaries is about $72,000

That looks like middle-class and racist angst to me..., not working class.

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6. Thanks for this...I had not seen that article.