White identity and sexism gave Trump the electoral college
No matter what apologists who would normalize the threat a Trump Administration represents may tell you, no one incidentally voted for the KKK's Presidential candidate because of his attractive economic policy. That story sounds good and helps quiet the fears of Americans who are suddenly discovering that we live in a racist, sexist, fundamentalist Christian cesspool, but T.R. Ramachandran washes the fiction away by simply showing us the data.
This tweet storm is quite long, but one of the best analysis I've seen of how we got here.
The following is an excerpt, I recommend starting at the beginning.
8E) Recall that Gallup found that among top things Americans had heard about Trump were "immigration" and "Mexico" https://t.co/qhXmRR7Use pic.twitter.com/i9J8EJZzFh
- T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) November 15, 2016
8F) You'll have to squint VERY HARD to find ANYTHING to do w/ economics or trade in what most Americans heard from media abt Trump pic.twitter.com/oFahMQfazV
- T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) November 15, 2016
8G) Which is why the impact of racial & gender views on WWC support for HRC/DJT must be seriously considered https://t.co/r1WcHkrGcK
- T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) November 15, 2016
9A) 5th, independent analysis shows most voters heard LITTLE about POLICY from the media in 2016 https://t.co/j2Wc1DUfGy
- T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) November 15, 2016
9B) Take another look at the Gallup charts - good luck finding anything (much) on Trade or Wall Street among what voters heard from media pic.twitter.com/5eDHE3V0Dw
- T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) November 15, 2016
9C) So, notion that WWC voters picked DJT over HRC primarily for his POLICY positions on trade/Wall Street etc. is NOT credible
- T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) November 15, 2016
9D) Moreover, do you really think HRC DID NOT talk about real issues (when in fact she did) & instead was talking to voters abt her emails??
- T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) November 15, 2016
9E) REALITY: Voters were FLOODED with false/deceptive claims on HRC's emails & "scandals", overwhelming her message https://t.co/cOCfTIioLp
- T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) November 15, 2016
9F) Deceptive claims came not just from cons media/MSM; some pro-Sanders media outlets were gleeful participants https://t.co/HYSJY4jySR
- T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) November 15, 2016
10A) 6th, the 3rd pty vote, esp. for Gary Johnson was often more than Trump's winning margin over HRC in Rust Belt https://t.co/LZiClGFADg
- T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) November 15, 2016
10B) Recall Johnson said he was drawing ~half of his support from HRC, many were Sanders supporters pic.twitter.com/jnpfYV0hoZ
- T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) November 15, 2016
10C) GJ was PRO trade/TPP/globalization/Citizens U/Keystone XL/fracking, ANTI min wage/tax increases for wealthy https://t.co/bP4Xl7wWBC
- T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) November 15, 2016
10D) If some Dem-leaning WWC/Sanders supporters REALLY picked Gary Johnson for his POLICY positions, maybe I'll meet you in Earth 2 someday
- T. R. Ramachandran (@yottapoint) November 15, 2016
2016 Election: White Working Class and Trump Support by T.R. Ramachandran