Trump and the exploitation of right rage: It’s not the economy that’s attracting angry white men

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7. "it’s not easy to quantify the growing resentment of white males who believe they’re slowly losing

their millennia-long grip on societal power. Likewise, it’s difficult to measure the brainwashing of Trump’s loyalists by the Fox News and talk radio echo-chamber.

... the demographic profile of Trump’s base: older white male retirees with massive chips on their shoulders.

... a new study by Gallup shows that economic issues aren’t necessarily driving Trump’s base.

According to this new analysis, those who view Trump favorably have not been disproportionately affected by foreign trade or immigration, compared with people with unfavorable views of the Republican presidential nominee. The results suggest that his supporters, on average, do not have lower incomes than other Americans, nor are they more likely to be unemployed.