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> "The majority of Donald Trump supporters are women and people of color" Interesting semantic game. I had to stop and think for a second, but, yes, that is pr
by FooBarBizBazz 5y ago
> "The majority of Donald Trump supporters are women and people of color"
Interesting semantic game. I had to stop and think for a second, but, yes, that is probably literally true (albeit just barely).
Of white Trump voters, probably a little under half are women.
Some of-color people (that semantic boundary is itself flexible) also voted for Trump, probably enough to make up for whatever man/woman difference there was among the white voters, plus enough to get over the 50% threshold.
So yes, literally, "the majority of Donald Trump's voters in 2016 and 2020 were women and people of color" is probably true.
Interesting trick.
- ghufran_syed 5y agoMathematically that should be "OR", not "AND"
- zugi 5y agoGood point, to keep up the game how about: "Women and people of color constitute the majority of Trump supporters" or "The majority of Trump supporters is comprised of women and people of color"
- coffeecat 5y agoScott Alexander pointed out on his old blog that compared to other recent Republican candidates (Romney and McCain), Trump performed about the same among white voters and over-performed among non-white voters. The notion of Trump as the "white man's candidate" is mostly BS. https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/11/16/you-are-still-crying-wolf/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/11/16/you-are-still-crying-w...