{"id":3955,"date":"2020-12-06T20:37:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T20:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=3955"},"modified":"2020-12-06T20:37:07","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T20:37:07","slug":"we-need-to-talk-about-the-white-people-who-voted-for-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=3955","title":{"rendered":"We need to talk about the white people who voted for Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“In 2016, white voters propelled Trump to the presidency, with 54 percent voting for him and 39 percent voting for Hillary Clinton, according to a 2018 Pew Research Center study<\/a>. And though the end result might be different in 2020 \u2014 exit polls are by no means comprehensive or exact \u2014 early evidence shows that white people\u2019s voting patterns look much the same: 57 percent of this group voted to reelect the president while 42 percent voted for Democratic challenger Joe Biden, according to Edison Research\u2019s exit polls<\/a> of 15,590 voters conducted outside their polling places, at early voting sites, or by phone. That makes white people the only racial group in which a majority voted for Trump” 
…
“Trump appears to have gained about 3 percentage points each<\/a> with Black, Latinx, and Asian American voters since 2016 (exit polls appear not to have broken out Indigenous voters<\/a>, instead lumping them into the category of \u201cother\u201d). And pointing out that none of these groups<\/a> are monolithic<\/a> is an important corrective to the inaccurate idea that \u201cpeople of color\u201d are homogenous or always vote as a bloc.” 
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“the majority of white Americans voted for Trump, even after a recession and a botched response to a pandemic that has left more than 200,000 dead.”
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“The focus on voters of color started on election night. Trump took Florida, one of the first states to be called, creating the impression among many liberals that Biden was on the edge of losing. Many were looking for answers, and one that got a lot of attention was the fact that Biden had underperformed Hillary Clinton in Miami-Dade County, home to many Cuban-American voters<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the last two days, we\u2019ve seen numerous examinations<\/a> of what happened in Miami-Dade<\/a>, as well as lots of focus on Trump\u2019s gains among Black men nationwide<\/a>. The fact that Trump appears to have picked up votes since 2016 with every racial group except white men also got a lot of attention (though what appears to be a small gain among white women has been less remarked upon).”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“But an increasingly clear picture is also emerging of Black voters in Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania helping push Biden to victory \u2014 and of Latinx<\/a> and Indigenous<\/a> voters in Arizona and elsewhere making a big difference as well. And while much attention has been paid to the minorities of voters of color who cast their ballots for Trump, there\u2019s been less acknowledgment that according to exit polls, the majority of those voters \u2014 87 percent of Black voters, 66 percent of Latinx voters, and 63 percent of Asian American voters \u2014 chose Biden.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Despite his gains among voters of color, Trump\u2019s base has always been white people. That didn\u2019t change in 2020, when a majority of white voters backed him. And since white voters comprise the majority of the electorate \u2014 65 percent according to Edison Research<\/a> \u2014 they make up by far the largest bloc to support him. Black and Latinx voters, meanwhile, make up 12 and 13 percent, respectively.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Trump actually lost some ground<\/a> with white men in 2020 relative to 2016. However, he still captured a majority, with 58 percent of this group voting for him compared with 40 percent for Biden.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“white youth were the likeliest to support Trump, with 43 percent of white voters between ages 18 and 29 voting for Trump, according to\u00a0exit poll data analyzed<\/a>\u00a0by the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement. By comparison, just 9 percent of young Black voters, 13 percent of young Asian voters, and 21 percent of young Latino voters backed Trump.”\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2020\/11\/7\/21551364\/white-trump-voters-2020<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“In 2016, white voters propelled Trump to the presidency, with 54 percent voting for him and 39 percent voting for Hillary Clinton, according to a 2018 Pew Research Center study. And though the end result might be different in 2020 \u2014 exit polls are by no means comprehensive or exact \u2014 early evidence shows that white people\u2019s voting patterns look much the same: 57 percent of this group voted to reelect the president while 42 percent voted for Democratic challenger Joe Biden, according to Edison Research\u2019s exit polls of 15,590 voters conducted outside their polling places, at early voting sites, or by phone. That makes white people the only racial group in which a majority voted for Trump” <\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“Trump appears to have gained about 3 percentage points each with Black, Latinx, and Asian American voters since 2016 (exit polls appear not to have broken out Indigenous voters, instead lumping them into the category of \u201cother\u201d). And pointing out that none of these groups are monolithic is an important corrective to the inaccurate idea that \u201cpeople of color\u201d are homogenous or always vote as a bloc.” <\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“the majority of white Americans voted for Trump, even after a recession and a botched response to a pandemic that has left more than 200,000 dead.”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“The focus on voters of color started on election night. Trump took Florida, one of the first states to be called, creating the impression among many liberals that Biden was on the edge of losing. Many were looking for answers, and one that got a lot of attention was the fact that Biden had underperformed Hillary Clinton in Miami-Dade County, home to many Cuban-American voters.
\nIn the last two days, we\u2019ve seen numerous examinations of what happened in Miami-Dade, as well as lots of focus on Trump\u2019s gains among Black men nationwide. The fact that Trump appears to have picked up votes since 2016 with every racial group except white men also got a lot of attention (though what appears to be a small gain among white women has been less remarked upon).”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“But an increasingly clear picture is also emerging of Black voters in Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania helping push Biden to victory \u2014 and of Latinx and Indigenous voters in Arizona and elsewhere making a big difference as well. And while much attention has been paid to the minorities of voters of color who cast their ballots for Trump, there\u2019s been less acknowledgment that according to exit polls, the majority of those voters \u2014 87 percent of Black voters, 66 percent of Latinx voters, and 63 percent of Asian American voters \u2014 chose Biden.” <\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“Despite his gains among voters of color, Trump\u2019s base has always been white people. That didn\u2019t change in 2020, when a majority of white voters backed him. And since white voters comprise the majority of the electorate \u2014 65 percent according to Edison Research \u2014 they make up by far the largest bloc to support him. Black and Latinx voters, meanwhile, make up 12 and 13 percent, respectively.” <\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“Trump actually lost some ground with white men in 2020 relative to 2016. However, he still captured a majority, with 58 percent of this group voting for him compared with 40 percent for Biden.” <\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“white youth were the likeliest to support Trump, with 43 percent of white voters between ages 18 and 29 voting for Trump, according to exit poll data analyzed by the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement. By comparison, just 9 percent of young Black voters, 13 percent of young Asian voters, and 21 percent of young Latino voters backed Trump.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1095,221,198,751,642,170],"class_list":["post-3955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-share","tag-age","tag-donald-trump","tag-elections","tag-polls","tag-race","tag-trump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3955"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3956,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3955\/revisions\/3956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}