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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
No. Just that the racist vote went largely to Trump in this particular election... I can't imagine that racist attitudes led very many people to vote for Clinton. Though I definitely think there are fewer real racists out there than some would suggest, it seems pretty obvious that had he not received those peoples' votes, he would probably have lost the election.
The margin was small enough that those votes likely tipped the scales, depending on how you look at it (you could say the same thing about disaffected liberals who voted for a third party in protest at Clinton being the nominee).
You're preaching to the choir, trust me.
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The margin was small enough that you could really say that about any dividing factor you wanted, though, isn't it? Folks are picking racist because "reasons". You can pick pretty much any factor you want, and say "if more or less people who believe in [x] did or didn't show up, the election could have been different.
Want to figure out how to make the election results more real? Figure out how to reach the 45+% who couldn't be bothered to vote. There's a difference maker right there.