Democrats vs Republicans in Two Graphs

finnbow · #1 09-06-2017, 11:57 AM

finnbow · #2 09-06-2017, 12:36 PM

If you want to know why white grievance (a burning anger about the loss of status and influence of “people like them”) and know-nothingism play such an enormous part in today’s Republican Party, look for the answer in these numbers. The views of the shrinking white evangelical population now dominate the GOP. Other polling shows that the group dismisses the extent of racism directed at minorities, immigrants, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans, while exaggerating the extent of discrimination against whites. It’s this group that was motivated in the 2016 election not by economics but by cultural and racial grievance.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...f-trumps-base/

Rajoo · #3 09-06-2017, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by finnbow

If you want to know why white grievance (a burning anger about the loss of status and influence of “people like them”) and know-nothingism play such an enormous part in today’s Republican Party, look for the answer in these numbers. The views of the shrinking white evangelical population now dominate the GOP. Other polling shows that the group dismisses the extent of racism directed at minorities, immigrants, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans, while exaggerating the extent of discrimination against whites. It’s this group that was motivated in the 2016 election not by economics but by cultural and racial grievance.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...f-trumps-base/

Just for the hell of it Googled megachurches.
Top two are in Houston (obviously God did not answer their prayers

) an the third in Georgia.

https://www.forbes.com/2009/06/26/am...achurches.html

BlueStreak · #4 09-07-2017, 10:44 AM

I had an idiot assail me for not helping to "..protect our superiority..". "They're taking over, Dave!"..........

When I asked him; "Who is 'they' and what is this 'superiority' you're so worried about?".

After a long pause;

"Oh, there it is. Now he's going to call me a racist. So typical. They always go right for the race card."

Well, WTF else do you call it? And no, this guy is no "Liberal".

Dondilion · #5 09-07-2017, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by finnbow

If you want to know why white grievance (a burning anger about the loss of status and influence of “people like them”) and know-nothingism play such an enormous part in today’s Republican Party, look for the answer in these numbers. The views of the shrinking white evangelical population now dominate the GOP. Other polling shows that the group dismisses the extent of racism directed at minorities, immigrants, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans, while exaggerating the extent of discrimination against whites. It’s this group that was motivated in the 2016 election not by economics but by cultural and racial grievance.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...f-trumps-base/

A futile argument: Trying to chop economics entirely from race.

finnbow · #6 09-08-2017, 07:59 PM

All it takes to reduce support for housing assistance among Donald Trump supporters is exposure to an image of a black man.

That’s the takeaway from a new study by researchers Matthew Luttig, Christopher Federico, and Howard Lavine, set to be published in Research & Politics. In a randomized survey experiment, the trio of researchers exposed respondents to images of either a white or black man. They found that when exposed to the image of a black man, white Trump supporters were less likely to back a federal mortgage aid program. Favorability toward Trump was a key measure for how strong this effect was.

The study is just the latest to show that racial attitudes are a powerful predictor for support for Trump — and the newest to suggest that such attitudes play a major role in Americans’ views toward public policy. Previous studies have found that racial resentment was a much stronger indicator of support for Trump than views about the economy. And other research has shown that priming people to think about race can make them more conservative on a host of issues...

They found that the image of a black man greatly impacted responses among Trump supporters. After they were exposed to the black racial cue, they were not only less supportive of housing assistance programs, but they also expressed higher levels of anger that some people receive government assistance and were more likely to say that individuals who receive assistance are to blame for their situation.

https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/...porters-racist