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Originally Posted by xosubucknutsx
Then how do you explain Obama, a black man, winning the state's of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Florida, and Wisconsin both times he ran. But this election all 5 states voting for Trump?
Yeah, I'm torn on this issue. On the surface it is pretty damning evidence. Add to it that exit polls showed Latinos moving more Republican this election than '08/'12 (although to be fair this may not be true and we need more data) and you have a convincing case that it wasn't racism.
On the other hand, there is data showing that people voted on racial feelings more this election than '08/'12. Racial animosity correlates with more of the Republican vote than before. In the past 4 years the country has gotten more demographically diverse, this diversity is more apparent in pop culture etc. than ever before, and things like the Black Lives Matter movement have worked the right-wing base into a frenzy. How dare you disrespect the police! etc. Then Trump comes along and plays into these racial tensions and offers voters a distinct choice along racial lines like they have never been offered before.
So did people in the upper midwest, people who previously voted for Obama, get more racist in the past 4 years? Believe it or not, I think they may have.