How race and status anxiety affect the Trump vote
How race and status anxiety affect the Trump vote
- July 1, 2017
- Michael Tesler, poli sci, via The Economist, July 1, 2017
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Academics who study these responses debate whether they really reflect racism or whether they just pick up attitudes to subjects like welfare and affirmative action. Still, it is hard to argue that these questions have nothing to do with race, says Michael Tesler of the University of California, Irvine.
For the full story, please visit http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21724125-it-wrong-dismiss-presidents-supporters-band-racists-race-helps.
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