Really interesting data being released today about the 2016 election. Basically, racists were more likely to vote for Obama than Hillary Clinton, because Democratic racists weren't being "activated" by guys like Romney and McCain. Trump appealed directly to their sense of racism - which mostly revolved around their idea that white people can't catch a break because of all the "reverse racism."
Trump also did really well among low income voters. My guess is that there is an overlap between those low income voters and voters who feel that special programs for black people are keeping them poor.
Their racism is less directed at black people and more directed at their sense of racial grievance that black people are somehow benefiting from government in ways they aren't. The fact that black people are NOT benefiting from these mysterious government programs is simply not registering.
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