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> despite the media screaming constantly that Trump is racist This stuff is really, really not conducive to good discussion. > Also, how does black targeted p
by hsod 9y ago
> despite the media screaming constantly that Trump is racist
This stuff is really, really not conducive to good discussion.
> Also, how does black targeted propaganda and state-wide "voter suppression" laws explain that HRC lost big on the black vote relative to 2012, but Republicans came out equal or perhaps even better in the black vote
A few things here:
* Can you cite a source that says Republicans did better in the black vote relative to 2012?
* Since the starting proportions were so skewed, you would expect lower black turnout to disproportionately impact Democrats (due to simple compositional effects).
* The propaganda was specifically anti-Hillary (not anti-voting), so you would expect it to disproportionately impact Democrats.
- googlryas 9y agoDespite having an account for almost 8 years here, I can only post about 1 comment per 12 hours, so here is my response: Do you think it is an unfair statement? Perhaps I should have said "despite the media frequently asserting that Trump is racist". > * Can you cite a source that says Republicans did better in the black vote relative to 2012? I compared the 2016 and 2012 CNN exit polls for this: http://www.cnn.com/election/results/exit-polls http://www.cnn.com/election/results/exit-polls and http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/results/race/president/ http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/results/race/president/ I know exit polls aren't perfect but the samples are large here and I don't see any reason to expect some kind of pro-Trump or anti-Romney bias in these. What exactly is the Russian propaganda you're talking about? I've only read about them promoting both sides of contentious issues like BLM