Studies confirm that racist fears are driving the Trump train

[Legion Troll]

Recent data is bringing the drivers of Trumpism into sharper focus, and what we're seeing is striking: Racial attitudes may play a larger role in opinions toward Trump than once thought.

Economic concerns, on the other hand, don't seem to have as much of an impact on support for Trump.

Two recent studies bear this out.




https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/06/06/racial-anxiety-is-a-huge-driver-of-support-for-donald-trump-two-new-studies-find/

 

[Leonthecat]

Recent data is bringing the drivers of Trumpism into sharper focus, and what we're seeing is striking: Racial attitudes may play a larger role in opinions toward Trump than once thought.

Economic concerns, on the other hand, don't seem to have as much of an impact on support for Trump.

Two recent studies bear this out.




https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/06/06/racial-anxiety-is-a-huge-driver-of-support-for-donald-trump-two-new-studies-find/

There can be little doubt that the fuel driving the crazy Trump Train is racism, bigotry and xenophobia.

 

[Monad Portal]

The eggheads globalist are always wrong though...so. they work for multinational corporations who find all possible protections for working people a nuisance, borders especially. They are monkeys who know a few big words.

 

[Legion Troll]

The eggheads globalist are always wrong though...so. they work for multinational corporations who find all possible protections for working people a nuisance, borders especially. They are monkeys who know a few big words.

So you say. Prove it.

I'll understand if you can't.

Meanwhile, back in the adult world:

Two recent studies bear this out.

In the first, political scientist Philip Klinkner analyzed data from the 2016 American National Election Study (ANES) survey (a representative sample of 1,200 Americans) to compare feelings and attitudes toward Donald Trump.

He explored how economic opinions, racial attitudes and demographic variables predicted an individual's feelings toward Trump.

He found that one factor was much stronger than the other:

"My analysis indicates that economic status and attitudes do little to explain support for Donald Trump," he wrote.

More to the point, "those who express more resentment toward African Americans, those who believe President Obama is a Muslim have much more positive views of Trump," Klinkner found.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/06/06/racial-anxiety-is-a-huge-driver-of-support-for-donald-trump-two-new-studies-find/

 

[Legion Troll]

In Klinkner's data, responses to questions like "Do you think people’s ability to improve their financial well-being is now better, worse, or the same as it was 20 years ago?" and "Compared with your parents, do you think it is easier, harder, or neither easier nor harder for you to move up the income ladder?" had little effect on a person's preference for Trump.

Klinkner found racial attitudes were highly determinative:

Moving from the least to the most resentful view of African Americans increases support for Trump by 44 points, those who think Obama is a Muslim (54 percent of all Republicans) are 24 points more favorable to Trump.

In March, The Washington Post conducted a similar analysis using data from a national poll cosponsored with ABC News, comparing Trump's support to the other Republican primary candidates.

The survey questions were somewhat more personal than the ones in Klinkner's analysis, asking the Republican and Republican-leaning respondents whether they themselves were struggling economically and whether white people's troubles were a direct result of "preferences for blacks and Hispanics."

Like Klinkner, colleagues Max Ehrenfreund and Scott Clement found that Trump received a plurality of support -- 43 percent -- from respondents who expressed racial resentment.

"Those who voiced concerns about white status appeared to be even more likely to support Trump than those who said they were struggling economically," Clement and Ehrenfreund wrote.




https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/06/06/racial-anxiety-is-a-huge-driver-of-support-for-donald-trump-two-new-studies-find/

 

[Leonthecat]

Just talk candidly with any Trump supporter for more than a few minutes and you will soon find that racism, bigotry and/or xenophobia are important components of their support for him.
As he doubles down on the racism and ethnic bigotry he locks in the people who were going to vote for him anyway and distances himself from the the moderate middle of the nations electorate.

 

[Legion Troll]

Just talk candidly with any Trump supporter for more than a few minutes and you will soon find that racism, bigotry and/or xenophobia are important components of their support for him.
As he doubles down on the racism and ethnic bigotry he locks in the people who were going to vote for him anyway and distances himself from the the moderate middle of the nations electorate.

Observe the Trumptards who post here, for example.

 

[Leonthecat]

Observe the Trumptards who post here, for example.

They tend to play coy, masking and hiding their raw bigotry for public display. Being identified as a bigot is still embarrassing to most of them.
Sit at a bar with them, and in the time needed to imbibe an adult beverage, they would reveal their true motives about why they like Trump.

As the campaign progresses I expect to see Trump supporters become more bald faced about their bigoted motivations.
As Trump gets bolder, so will they.

 

[Legion Troll]

They tend to play coy, masking and hiding their raw bigotry for public display. Being identified as a bigot is still embarrassing to most of them.
Sit at a bar with them, and in the time needed to imbibe an adult beverage, they would reveal their true motives about why they like Trump.

As the campaign progresses I expect to see Trump supporters become more bald faced about their bigoted motivations.
As Trump gets bolder, so will they.

I have been among them. They did not try to conceal their racism.

 

[Leonthecat]

I have been among them. They did not try to conceal their racism.

That kind blatant display will become more commonplace as the summer progresses.

 

[Text Drivers are Killers]

Last summer trump said he supports affirmative action so yes, he's a white-hating racist.

 

[Legion Troll]

"At least he's not Hillary" is an excuse I hear from Trumptards.

I'm not buying it.