Donald Trump’s victory is part of a global white backlash
Donald Trump’s victory is part of a global white backlash
- November 9, 2016
- Michael Tesler, poli sci, in Vox, Nov. 9, 2016
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Over the summer, Michael Tesler, a professor at the University of California, Irvine, took a look at racial resentment scores among Republican primary voters in the past three GOP primaries. In 2008 and 2012, Tesler found, Republican voters who scored higher were less likely to vote for the eventual winner. The more racial bias you harbored, the less likely you were to vote for Mitt Romney or John McCain.
For the full story, please visit http://www.vox.com/world/2016/11/9/13572174/president-elect-donald-trump-2016-victory-racism-xenophobia.
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