General Discussion

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)

7. Also from the above Salon article regarding race...

Reply to Odin2005 (Original post)

Mon Aug 22, 2016, 10:20 AM

Aug 2016

Less surprising is the relationship Gallup discovered between Trumpism and race. Poll after poll has shown that Trump’s supporters are overwhelmingly white, and that he is extremely unpopular with pretty much every non-white demographic. What Gallup found is that one of the strongest indicators of Trump support is racial isolation: “Constant support for Trump is highly elevated in areas with few college graduates, far from the Mexican border, and in neighborhoods that stand out within the commuting zone for being white, segregated enclaves, with little exposure to blacks, Asians, and Hispanics.”

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

9 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Trump's base is NOT poor whites. [View all] Odin2005 Aug 2016 OP

That makes sense, but I think that at least part of his base is comprised of cali Aug 2016 #1

We've been driving through parts of the woodsprite Aug 2016 #4

Salon article on broad data: Ilsa Aug 2016 #2

That point about people in manufacturing favoring Clinton is interesting. Odin2005 Aug 2016 #3

Thanks, Ilsa. Here's a link to the full article. hedda_foil Aug 2016 #5

Thank you. I forgot to copy that from the other reply. nt Ilsa Aug 2016 #8

Also where I live I see trump signs in republican suburbs . Have people forgotten who the republican Person 2713 Aug 2016 #6

Also from the above Salon article regarding race... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #7

its white people undergoing racial panic at not being guaranteed a privileged spot geek tragedy Aug 2016 #9