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The average Trump voter in the primaries made something like $72,000. While not wealthy by any stretch, they're surviving globalization better than blacks in th
by alphonsegaston 10y ago
The average Trump voter in the primaries made something like $72,000. While not wealthy by any stretch, they're surviving globalization better than blacks in this country, who voted overwhelmingly for Democrats.
The false narrative in the media is the one where they try to rationalize Trump's rise through the story of poor whites instead of acknowledging their complicity in normalizing his racism and fascism.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-mythology-of-trumps-working-class-support/ http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-mythology-of-trumps-...