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Recursion

(56,582 posts) Sun Jan 20, 2019, 11:33 AM Jan 2019

Great point about how Trumpism gets misreported

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Remember, the poorer a white person was in 2016 the less likely he or she was to vote for Trump.

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Great point about how Trumpism gets misreported (Original Post) Recursion Jan 2019 OP

are you sure about that statistic? rampartc Jan 2019 #1

Yes. Trump's economic "sweet spot" was white voters from households making $75K or so Recursion Jan 2019 #2

A CovCath alumnus said in his horrified letter that the school, which was affordabke, tblue37 Jan 2019 #6

Please provide a cited source to help others in asserting this in argument. FreepFryer Jan 2019 #3

"asserting this in argument"? Recursion Jan 2019 #4

Please cite your claim about income level vs the % of white Americans voting for Trump. FreepFryer Jan 2019 #7

These boys aren't from poor families - they're Kavanaughs-in-training FakeNoose Jan 2019 #5

rampartc

(5,403 posts)

1. are you sure about that statistic?

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Sun Jan 20, 2019, 11:39 AM

Jan 2019

i live in a state full of poor white trump voters.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

2. Yes. Trump's economic "sweet spot" was white voters from households making $75K or so

Reply to rampartc (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 20, 2019, 11:43 AM

Jan 2019

He won white voters in every economic group, but there was a positive correlation with household income: poor whites, particularly unemployed poor whites, were less likely to vote for Trump than richer whites.

tblue37

(65,330 posts)

6. A CovCath alumnus said in his horrified letter that the school, which was affordabke,

Reply to rampartc (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 20, 2019, 02:07 PM

Jan 2019

inclusive, and diverse when he attended, had become too expensive and elitist and had pushed out the kinds of boys it used to educate for a better life.

FreepFryer

(7,077 posts)

3. Please provide a cited source to help others in asserting this in argument.

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Sun Jan 20, 2019, 11:46 AM

Jan 2019

If you heard it on TV but don't know the source, that's not great.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

4. "asserting this in argument"?

Reply to FreepFryer (Reply #3)

Sun Jan 20, 2019, 01:59 PM

Jan 2019

I'm not following you

FreepFryer

(7,077 posts)

7. Please cite your claim about income level vs the % of white Americans voting for Trump.

Reply to Recursion (Reply #4)

Sun Jan 20, 2019, 02:12 PM

Jan 2019

"Citations for statistics should enable your readers to locate the table or data that you have used in your assignment or paper. At a minimum, a citation should include: creator of the data (often an organization or government agency)

Research Guides at J. Sargeant ...
libguides.reynolds.edu/c.php?g=143574&p=938896

That way, other people who may want to make the claim you made about poorest Americans voting least frequently for Trump will know if they are telling the truth.

FakeNoose

(32,633 posts)

5. These boys aren't from poor families - they're Kavanaughs-in-training

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Sun Jan 20, 2019, 02:05 PM

Jan 2019

All the earmarks are there.

Just sayin'

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