OK, I'll give you a few: > What’s shocking, and in need of explanation, is that many non-elite voters did [support Trump] It is contemptuous to be "shocked" t

OK, I'll give you a few: > What’s shocking, and in need of explanation, is that many non-elite voters did [support Trump] It is contemptuous to be "shocked" that someone disagrees with you. It presumes that you understand their needs better than they do. > Instead, what drove Trump voting were worries about the national economy and the sense that one’s community is left behind. More contempt. Those poor benighted souls that just feel BAD, bless them. They feel left behind US, the coastal educated elites. > Does This Mean That Economic Populism Is Not About Race? No. Right-wing populism is not just an expression of economic anxiety. It offers an explanation for whom to blame: Jews in 1930s Germany; people of color in the United States today Those poor rural folks! They're just casting about for someone to blame for their economic anxiety. Condescending. Underneath it all is a thesis: "it's clearly abnormal that people disagree with us, so we have to intellectualize even harder and do even more social science surveys!" Conversely, a "lack of contempt" would be saying "hey, maybe we've gotten something wrong here and we don't have all the answers."