[P]olitical scientists John Sides, [UCI Associate Professor] Michael Tesler and Lynn Vavreck, in their book “Identity Crisis”…contend that issues of identity were more central to Trump’s victory than the issues of so-called economic anxiety. “Attitudes concerning race, ethnicity and religion were more strongly related to how Americans voted in 2016 than in recent elections. By contrast,” they write, “the apparent impact of economic anxiety was much smaller and not particularly distinctive compared to earlier elections.”
 
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