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It's mostly gaslighting. Democrats win voters making $50K or less, Republicans win voters making $50K or more. There are a couple of small-ish inversions where
by bandrami 7y ago
It's mostly gaslighting. Democrats win voters making $50K or less, Republicans win voters making $50K or more. There are a couple of small-ish inversions where Democrats do well with people making $150K-$200K and Republicans do well with people making $35K-$45K, and that gets spun out into all sorts of things it's not.
Trump's economic sweet spot, for instance, was $75K. Not coincidentally, that is the median income for a two-earner family of two white high school graduates. But calling that "the working class" really misses the point.
- georgeecollins 7y agoI don't think anybody is gaslighting. This report is all about facts, and all I was trying to do was point out another fact. The point remains that republicans are really popular in the places where there is less opportunity. Here is a point I will make that is political: The places that are run by very liberal local governments, such as California and New York have the majority of the growth. I always see these articles about how business and people are fleeing to low tax places. Except the growth continues to swamp that effect.
- bandrami 7y ago> republicans are really popular in the places where there is less opportunity No, I'm saying that's not quite it. There is an income correlation among white voters: the poorer a white voter is, the less likely he was to vote for Trump. It's just a very shallow one with a couple of convex points at a couple of income levels.