For whites sensing decline, Donald Trump unleashes words of resistance
For whites sensing decline, Donald Trump unleashes words of resistance
- July 13, 2016
- Michael Tesler on race in the 2016 election, courtesy of The New York Times and MSN News, July 13, 2016
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And during Mr. Obama’s presidency, whites have increasingly seen his policies as freighted
with preference toward blacks, according to data collected by Michael Tesler, a political
scientist at the University of California, Irvine. … As the 2016 campaign began, the
Republican Party was not just the party of most white voters. It was also, to use
Mr. Tesler’s phrase, the party of racial conservatism.
For the full story, please visit http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/14/us/politics/donald-trump-white-identity.html?_r=1.
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