2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: White progressive analysis of politics is fundamentally broken. [View all]NoGoodNamesLeft
(2,056 posts)To prove my point...
Read the comments from this article from the Bangor Daily News at the link below.
http://bangordailynews.com/2016/12/02/politics/trumps-welfare-policies-could-look-a-lot-like-maines/comments/
After reading those comments go and look at the Maine census information. Only 1.4% of Maine's population is black. 94.9% are white.
http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/RHI225215/23
In 2013 18% of Maine residents received foodstamps. The overwhelming majority of those people are white. The people commenting on that article KNOW they are mostly white. Race is not an issue with those GOP voters. The economy IS.
http://www.governing.com/gov-data/food-stamp-snap-benefits-enrollment-participation-totals-map.html
Keep ignoring the actual FACTS and keep ignoring the very CLEAR and HONEST message these voters keep trying to state...that it IS the economy and you will be guaranteeing that Trump and the GOP stays in control in 4 years.
Just because you THINK it's all about race doesn't make it so. People are way more selfish and self absorbed than you think. The majority of white people don't give a flying fart about race. They care about their own monetary interests and they are easily convinced by the GOP because the Democratic Party is too goddamned pre-occupied with trying to make everything about everything other than the one thing that matters most to them...their pocketbook.