clare.malone: So based on the McElwee/McDaniel data, is Clinton right about half of the Trump supporters being racist? Or is it a more complicated take-away? Is nothing in life clear?
harry: I don’t think anything is particularly clear. Here’s one for you. According to Pew Research, if a Republican believed it was “bad for [the] country that blacks, Latinos, Asians will be majority of the population,” that is associated with an 8 degrees warmer feeling toward Trump, on a 0-100 scale.
micah: See, I think all the data is complicated, but in aggregate, the conclusion is clear.
harry: I mean, the conclusion is that Trump supporters are more likely to be bigoted than Clinton supporters. But is it half?
farai: Clare, Harry, Micah, I’d argue that most people are, as the hit play “Avenue Q” put it, “a little bit racist.” And here’s some social science about that. But having racist “feelings” and acting on that bias are different. And voting based on that bias is different.
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