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She_Totally_Gets_It

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41. No, naive is accepting that though those other factors may have played a role, you dismiss the

Tue Aug 6, 2019, 07:16 PM

Aug 2019

very prominent role that RACE played. Please just stop! Denying racism is not going to help us in this fight. Just stop!

Here are only several studies that demonstrate the centrality of RACE. There are plenty more, but I post these here:

https://psmag.com/news/new-study-confirms-again-that-race-not-economics-drove-former-democrats-to-trump

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/polq.12737?_ga=2.123870670.551383267.1565132746-1557602708.1565132746

https://www.salon.com/2019/07/30/still-believe-trumps-racism-wont-get-him-re-elected-thats-what-you-thought-the-last-time-too/

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/10/16/17980820/trump-obama-2016-race-racism-class-economy-2018-midterm

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2019/07/20/its-2019-time-to-stop-making-excuses-for-trump-supporters/

https://theintercept.com/2018/09/18/2016-election-race-class-trump/

Huffington Post: Denial of racism won't make it go away. More reading: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-racism-dont-ignore_n_5d30c5d0e4b020cd9940b3cb

The Nation: Economic Anxiety Didn't Make People Vote Trump, Racism Did: https://www.thenation.com/article/economic-anxiety-didnt-make-people-vote-trump-racism-did/

NYTimes: Trump voters driven by fear of losing status, not economic anxiety: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/us/politics/trump-economic-anxiety.html

Alnet: Sociologists destroy the myth that uneducated white voters support Trump because of economic anxiety: https://www.alternet.org/2019/03/sociologists-destroy-the-myth-that-uneducated-white-voters-support-trump-because-of-economic-anxiety/

THIS IS NOT ONLY ME who is making this argument, countless studies are being released almost every week supporting this argument. Ample research.

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Election experts endorse Cory Booker's explanation for Trump winning Michigan [View all] applegrove Aug 2019 OP

my advice evertonfc Aug 2019 #1

People arriving at voting places and finding their names not on the rolls. pnwmom Aug 2019 #4

Yep. Machines going down in Detroit also. Russian hackers are incredibly good according to Malcolm triron Aug 2019 #5

THIS !!!! Without provisional ballot auditing its easy to registration shave in America uponit7771 Aug 2019 #19

That's not how voter suppression works ismnotwasm Aug 2019 #10

That was reported on election day. Machines not working, no extension cords. brush Aug 2019 #12

Wrong forum. n/t demmiblue Aug 2019 #2

No shit! They targeted African American communities like in Detroit, Miigwech Aug 2019 #3

Same in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and NC blm Aug 2019 #6

Yep. And in Arizona, it was hispanics. triron Aug 2019 #8

Wisconsin in Milwaukee usaf-vet Aug 2019 #15

Yup blm Aug 2019 #21

Tell the voters that the Russians are trying to steal their votes. LiberalFighter Aug 2019 #7

I'm especially wary of early voting. think4yourself Aug 2019 #14

Wondering if I need to wash socks. I feel the same way about FL. n/t rzemanfl Aug 2019 #26

As a Michigan Citizen ... jimlup Aug 2019 #9

We've known that for three years here. Tens of thousands of ballots in Detroit, a... brush Aug 2019 #11

Please prove that tens of thousands of undervotes for president were cast in Detroit MichMan Aug 2019 #29

Pls prove what side you're on. It was reported on election day that thousands... brush Aug 2019 #31

Is that how we prove what side we are on? Just make up numbers that aren't accurate? MichMan Aug 2019 #32

Try this. brush Aug 2019 #33

Another link to the same OP we were already disscussing ??? MichMan Aug 2019 #34

the same is happening right now with Kamala Harris JI7 Aug 2019 #13

We black American voters already know this. It's white people who keep suggesting that Trump She_Totally_Gets_It Aug 2019 #16

It is everything together. It was a dozen things or more. Why do you think it can only be one? applegrove Aug 2019 #18

Because people ignored all of the hate and voted for this nutcase anyway.... She_Totally_Gets_It Aug 2019 #22

I read a book that showed scientifically in a regression analysis applegrove Aug 2019 #23

Yeah. Everything you said is valid. But THIS discussion She_Totally_Gets_It Aug 2019 #24

Naive is to know there were 20 reasons why Hillarry lost and ignore 19 applegrove Aug 2019 #25

Naive is to discount the major reasons Hilary happy feet Aug 2019 #30

We can do it all. Every meme the right puts out we punch back. applegrove Aug 2019 #37

No, naive is accepting that though those other factors may have played a role, you dismiss the She_Totally_Gets_It Aug 2019 #41

Whites across economic lines supported Trump radius777 Aug 2019 #38

They vote with emotion than logically when under financial anxiety. applegrove Aug 2019 #39

Some do, but most Trump voters are no different radius777 Aug 2019 #40

I don't know why this person is in such denial over race. What is going on here? There's studies She_Totally_Gets_It Aug 2019 #42

And they hacked the voting machines Perseus Aug 2019 #17

Agree with you but I must wash socks. n/t rzemanfl Aug 2019 #27

An exit poll statistical analysis by a Ph. D. expert showed the deviation toward Trump in 26 of 28 triron Aug 2019 #36

that tipped the scales in tRumps favor, yes, but the main reason he won was yaesu Aug 2019 #20

Before the 2016 election, Haggis for Breakfast Aug 2019 #28

Agree 1000%. Why can't democrats get together and be united on ecstatic Aug 2019 #35