Why did white working-class voters shift toward Donald Trump in the 2016 election? Was it about money or culture — their struggles in the new economy or their prejudices? … To be sure, racism is a corrosive part of American culture and politics. Nevertheless, those who try to distinguish between […] Read more »
Research Finds That Racism, Sexism, and Status Fears Drove Trump Voters
America is the world’s dominant superpower, and white Christian males sit at the top of our nation’s food chain. That’s the right and proper hierarchy, and it’s under serious threat. When blue-collar whites heard that implied message from Donald Trump, many realized it aligned with their own beliefs. As a […] Read more »
The Democrats’ Gentrification Problem
The nation’s largest cities and metropolitan areas — home to a majority of Democratic voters — are at the forefront of the party’s most vexing racial, ethnic and class conflicts. … Allies on Election Day, the two wings of the Democratic Party are growing further estranged in other aspects of […] Read more »
Explaining Support for Trump in the White Working Class: Race vs. Economics
It has been almost 18 months since the 2018 presidential election, but pundits and scholars continue to debate how President Donald Trump pulled off one of the most shocking upsets in recent political history. There is general agreement on one point — Trump’s strong appeal to white-working class voters was […] Read more »
Data and Messaging around Race and Education
There are two separate issues covered in Thomas Edsall’s Thursday, March 30, 2018 article in the New York Times. First, exit polls have problems with race and education. Certainty true, but not exactly as the author describes. Second, Democrats have problems messaging race and education. Certainty true, but not exactly […] Read more »
Suburban voters angry with Trump threaten GOP’s grip on House
… If Republicans want to hold onto the House, they will have to compete in communities that had little to do with the working-class regions that sent Trump to the White House in 2016: affluent, white-collar suburbs of Democratic cities. Many of the most competitive House seats this year are […] Read more »