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Economic Anxiety Didn’t Make People Vote Trump, Racism Did

Sean McElwee
Jason McDaniel
The Nation

Our analysis shows Trump accelerated a realignment in the electorate around racism, across several different measures of racial animus—and that it helped him win. By contrast, we found little evidence to suggest individual economic distress benefited Trump. [...]

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