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In reply to the discussion: Whiteness is one hell of a drug [View all]struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)24. About 230 million Americans were eligible to vote in 2016,
if they'd wanted to take the necessary steps. And about 62 million of them did actually vote for Trump: that's around 27%
Supposing 72% of Americans describe themselves as "white," about 165 million "white" Americans were eligible to vote in 2016. And if all 62 million Trump voters were "white," that would mean about 38% of "white" Americans supported Trump
I've done this calculation to give the highest possible percentage for "white" Trump support
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Right there with you! It's an embarrassment that white Americans were primarily responsible...
InAbLuEsTaTe
Jul 2018
#30
That's right because it's divisive crap that we don't need. No hypocrisy. No painting ANY group of
LBM20
Jul 2018
#10
the POC and other minorities that voted for Trump also did so largely because of bigotry
JI7
Jul 2018
#23
Is it a good strategy to attempt to drive out the white people who do despise Trump?
lagomorph777
Jul 2018
#57
We are seeing a growing number of posts equating being white with being racist.
lagomorph777
Jul 2018
#55
I am a devout Catholic. These guys are as representative of Christendom as I am.
KitSileya
Jul 2018
#81
It's always amusing to me the various ways in which 'fundamentalists' (who, by definition,
Aristus
Jul 2018
#14
From your link:Racial Prejudice: a set of discriminatory or derogatory attitudes based on assumption
rainin
Jul 2018
#42