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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat are the demographics of white nationalists and the alt-right?
Someone here opined that "Most white nationalists are under 30." That seemed very unlikely to me, really. Most implies a majority. So, I went looking for demographic information on such people. The chart below is what I found. What it clearly shows is that most alt-right or white nationalist people are over 30, not under. That's what I expected. At the link, you'll find other information as well:
https://ifstudies.org/blog/the-demography-of-the-alt-right
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)mostly tied into supremacists. especially strong in Michigan and the west. 99% white
safeinOhio
(32,687 posts)My first clue was "Democrat".
So, the first thing I found about IFS
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/institute-for-family-studies/
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)safeinOhio
(32,687 posts)To assure accuracy. If not they can not be trusted. Im not buying the stats they came up with. I didnt see how they were gathered or reviewed.
It is a Right-leaning .org and that is a huge red flag.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,320 posts)The Guardian reviewed his latest book recently - they don't seem to regard him as biased: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/mar/22/the-alt-right-by-george-hawley-review
safeinOhio
(32,687 posts)"Notes: According to their mission page The mission of the Institute for Family Studies (IFS) is to strengthen marriage and family life, and advance the well-being of children through research and public education. IFS was founded by William Bradford Wilcox who is Director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia and a Visiting Scholar at the conservative American Enterprise Institute."
muriel_volestrangler
(101,320 posts)Response to safeinOhio (Reply #4)
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muriel_volestrangler
(101,320 posts)as the author seems to prefer, from the note at the top: "Editor's Note: This research brief has been updated by the author with corrected information: only about 6% of white Americans agreed with all three attitudes of white identity politics in the 2016 ANES survey (8/10/18)."
And those absolute figures for who you'd call a "white nationalist" seem more reasonable - 5.6%, rather than 37.7%, for everyone.
So that shows the youngest age group above the 30-44s, but below 45+. "Most" still doesn't look right.
Initech
(100,079 posts)That people who earn less than $30K are more likely to be white nationalists than people who make more than that. Income inequality is a huge part of the problem.
ismnotwasm
(41,986 posts)Kinda off topic, just observing that when gang or gang violence is heard White Nationalist is not the first thing that comes to mind with people.
Initech
(100,079 posts)They're home to the III%, Patriot Prayer, and the Bundy Militia, just to name a few.