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I have a very thoughtful (but sadly off the record) response to the question "How did we get here?" by a professor emeritus of Political Science and Sociology from a certain rainy PAC-12 university that I REALLY wish I could share with you guys.
In short, it touches on the Democrats' "party elites" appeal and the role of the "whites without college degrees" demographic in this election, as well as a tendency among liberals to jump the gun with overestimations of the power of minority votes. How are these disenfranchised, under-educated white working class voters supposed to respond to the almost joyful suggestion that minorities are becoming the majority (which they hear as "hey, you're gonna be powerless!") when they're already feeling victimized and forgotten?
You can imagine how this might breed hate.
Again, really wish I could share it.
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