White Resentment Fuels Election Denial (voters, Congress, democratic, Republicans)

[Manigault]

People seem to believe what they want to be so.

A shrinking white share of the population is a hallmark of the congressional districts held by the House Republicans who voted to challenge Mr. Trump’s defeat, a New York Times analysis found — a pattern political scientists say shows how white fear of losing status shaped the movement to keep him in power. The portion of white residents dropped about 35 percent more over the last three decades in those districts than in territory represented by other Republicans, the analysis found, and constituents also lagged behind in income and education...

Because they are more vulnerable, disadvantaged or less educated white voters can feel especially endangered by the trend toward a minority majority, said Ashley Jardina, a political scientist at George Mason University who studies the attitudes of those voters. “A lot of white Americans who are really threatened are willing to reject democratic norms,” she said, “because they see it as a way to protect their status.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/23/u...ographics.html

The study has some interesting findings.

[bluesjuke]

Originally Posted by Manigault

People seem to believe what they want to be so.


https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/23/u...ographics.html

The study has some interesting findings.

....as well as an abundance of crap.

[fat lou]

Haha, WOW! Just earlier today you posted a thread accusing Republicans of race-baiting in political ads, to which I replied that there's plenty of race-baiting to go around these days, little of it done by Republicans. Then you post this kind of crap, thus proving my point. Thank you.

P.S.: This sounds like some of this white replacement theory that I'm told doesn't exist.....