Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forumTrump Doesn’t Have A Monopoly On Intolerant Supporters ~538
Long article:
Many of Donald Trumps supporters are intolerant racist, sexist and xenophobic. Indeed, some high-profile work has highlighted Trumps populism and his appeal to less-educated authoritarians a potent witchs brew challenging democratic norms. And other analyses have focused on the specific targets of Trump supporters anti-democratic attitudes especially, but not solely, Muslims, immigrants and black Americans.
Attention to the treatment of these minority groups is certainly warranted and important, but focusing only on Trump overlooks a crucial point: These are not the only groups that many people dislike, and intolerance is not concentrated among Trump supporters.
Attention to the treatment of these minority groups is certainly warranted and important, but focusing only on Trump overlooks a crucial point: These are not the only groups that many people dislike, and intolerance is not concentrated among Trump supporters.
?w=575&h=465
?w=575&h=413
The nearly unequivocal story is that Trump supporters are no different from others, including Clinton and Sanders supporters.2 The one clear exception is supporters of John Kasich (~7 percent of the sample), who are demonstrably more tolerant than Trumps. Kasichs supporters are distinctive because 30 percent of them in this poll are self-identified Democrats, but also because the majority of them (54 percent) will not vote for Trump if he is the nominee just over a quarter will peel off and vote for Clinton and the other quarter claim they will not vote. Kasich support appears effectively to be a protest against Trump by people who wish a restoration of good democratic order.
MORE IN LINK:
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trump-doesnt-have-a-monopoly-on-intolerant-supporters/
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
3 replies, 606 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (10)
ReplyReply to this post
3 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Trump Doesn’t Have A Monopoly On Intolerant Supporters ~538 (Original Post)
Her Sister
Apr 2016
OP
stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)1. K&R!
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)2. Very interesting analysis, borne out by BSer excesses here on DU.
riversedge
(70,242 posts)3. In clear view.