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NastyRiffraff

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62. "Trump Voters Driven by Fear of Losing Status, Not Economic Anxiety, Study Finds"
Sun May 6, 2018, 05:38 PM
May 2018
A study published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences questions that explanation, the latest to suggest that Trump voters weren’t driven by anger over the past, but rather fear of what may come. White, Christian and male voters, the study suggests, turned to Mr. Trump because they felt their status was at risk.

“It’s much more of a symbolic threat that people feel,’’ said Diana C. Mutz, the author of the study and a political science and communications professor at the University of Pennsylvania, where she directs the Institute for the Study of Citizens and Politics. “It’s not a threat to their own economic well-being; it’s a threat to their group’s dominance in our country over all.”

New York Times

That's something most of us suspected, but we were told that We Must Reach Out to those voters to Draw Them Into the Democratic Party. In fact, we were soundly scolded when we in turn said that some of them are unreachable. Their union jobs in manufacturing that Trump promised them were beside the point; they were only a symbol of what they had and what they wanted BACK, dammit!

Great post, Nance, as usual.
We Just Didn't Know [View all] NanceGreggs May 2018 OP
Brava, Nance! Perfectly put. CaliforniaPeggy May 2018 #1
It is right on except that it neglects the effects of over forty years of propaganda. olegramps May 2018 #29
Ever since Nixon/Agnew... regnaD kciN May 2018 #43
Well stated. Ligyron May 2018 #69
Yes but left out: Some enormously failed to realize WHAT WE WOULD LOSE. Hortensis May 2018 #53
You did it again. Bravo!!!! Wellstone ruled May 2018 #2
great post........... Takket May 2018 #3
The t-RUMP pResidency will ruin more friendships NoMoreRepugs May 2018 #4
Excellent, Nance, as always. I agree with everything except that lunamagica May 2018 #5
Yes, they knew ... NanceGreggs May 2018 #6
and selfishness n/t orleans May 2018 #9
And bigotry EffieBlack May 2018 #79
Oh hell yes! rusty quoin May 2018 #7
Just a pleasure to read. Thank you Pepsidog May 2018 #8
K&R MustLoveBeagles May 2018 #10
Definitely a mistake we won't make again. PatrickforO May 2018 #11
as long as the dem party and progressive orgs continue to ignore talk radio it can happen again certainot May 2018 #72
I knew. BigmanPigman May 2018 #12
Agreed Sherman A1 May 2018 #20
I'm with you, BP. I was immediately terrified that Trump would indeed win -- he Nay May 2018 #49
The thing is that all of the elements BigmanPigman May 2018 #57
Oh, no question. 2018 will be the test -- if Dems don't sweep the elections, we'll Nay May 2018 #64
Be prepared for it mentally and emotionally... BigmanPigman May 2018 #66
Even though I'm a cynical monster and thought Trump could surely win considering Nay May 2018 #67
That is a good plan. Definitely spend as much time away BigmanPigman May 2018 #68
Propaganda played a role, but propaganda only grows in fertile soil EffieBlack May 2018 #80
Oh, no doubt about that. There are, and always have been, authoritarian/racist/sexist Nay May 2018 #86
Count me in. InAbLuEsTaTe May 2018 #56
Your best post ever ...... amazingly ACCURATE secondwind May 2018 #13
"We just didn't know that the bigots and racists who lurk among us were so anxious to be recognized" Gidney N Cloyd May 2018 #14
K&R smirkymonkey May 2018 #15
Part of me Meowmee May 2018 #16
I just watched Fran Lebowitz interviewed, said about the Trump win betsuni May 2018 #17
As often noted: HALF of all Americans/people in general... maddiemom May 2018 #22
Yes, they are very happy that they can flaunt their racism and bigotry now. nt Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #24
Trump is a symptom, not the disease Martin Eden May 2018 #18
Precisely Sherman A1 May 2018 #21
My favorite line: "We just didn't know Bluepinky May 2018 #19
I wish I was as confident as you. Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #23
Great post Nance Gothmog May 2018 #25
Excellent. .. defacto7 May 2018 #26
We had no idea people would actually vote for this lying fraud - in the millions. yallerdawg May 2018 #27
We need to tell ourselves again and again. We suspended our disbelief. nolabear May 2018 #28
Nance...for me, I just didn't know how much they hated other Americans Fresh_Start May 2018 #30
And to add to that, pazzyanne May 2018 #36
k&r BSdetect May 2018 #31
K & R pazzyanne May 2018 #32
As always, Nance Greggs puts out there Funtatlaguy May 2018 #33
We just didn't know: how effective the complicity of FB/CA and Russian propagandists Fiendish Thingy May 2018 #34
Or how effective the media would be in helping tRump by convincing everyone... InAbLuEsTaTe May 2018 #55
More eyes are opened now Politicub May 2018 #35
K & R pazzyanne May 2018 #37
K&R 100 times BlueJac May 2018 #38
K&R cp May 2018 #39
First chance we get we take down those so called "evangelists" and cripple their money network. sunonmars May 2018 #40
I still don't accept the idea that we actually lost jimlup May 2018 #41
Well, when it comes right down to it Haggis for Breakfast May 2018 #71
I think it went still deeper jimlup May 2018 #75
Such a powerful piece ladym55 May 2018 #42
This! EffieBlack May 2018 #81
Kick dalton99a May 2018 #44
This whole sordid era keeps underscoring something calimary May 2018 #45
Outstanding post k&r n/t lordsummerisle May 2018 #46
Trump supporters are idiots and racists Gothmog May 2018 #47
And as this administration continues to increase its powers and destroys our country kimbutgar May 2018 #48
Very well put... Marty Marzipan May 2018 #50
Nance, some knew saidsimplesimon May 2018 #51
Well said. nancy1942 May 2018 #52
When did this happen that "We convinced ourselves that despite our political differences... InAbLuEsTaTe May 2018 #54
They chose to believe the lies about a woman The Wizard May 2018 #58
K&R Scurrilous May 2018 #59
Yup ismnotwasm May 2018 #60
Great as always, Nance! Different Drummer May 2018 #61
"Trump Voters Driven by Fear of Losing Status, Not Economic Anxiety, Study Finds" NastyRiffraff May 2018 #62
We're STILL being told that EffieBlack May 2018 #82
You're right; I shouldn't have used the past tense. NastyRiffraff May 2018 #85
Nailed it! rock May 2018 #63
You had me until the very last sentence Mr. Ected May 2018 #65
Sadly, we did not know catrose May 2018 #70
We just didn't know so many people would give Russia a walk. nt Ilsa May 2018 #73
A huge part of the anti-Hillary narrative was "we just didn't know," even though it was never StevieM May 2018 #74
YES! EffieBlack May 2018 #83
Right on! Kath2 May 2018 #76
We didn't know........... MyOwnPeace May 2018 #77
Brilliant, as usual, Nance! EffieBlack May 2018 #78
Fool me once? Shame on ... shame on ... you ... fool me ... can't get fooled again! (nt) mr_lebowski May 2018 #84
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