whites flee democrat party because they are racist

[cheka.]

rich....that wing of the red/blue party spends a great deal of its time, money, and policy advancing hatred towards whites

so some of the whites get pissed off and leave the party --- and THEY are the racists

http://www.salon.com/2016/04/04/the_democratic_partys_great_white_flight_how_racis m_spurred_a_demographic_reckoning/

Why Whites really left the Democratic Party

Narratives that focus on either Obama’s lack of progressive accomplishments (although he has many) and “economic anxiety” are dangerous because they obscure an important reality: Whites left the Democratic party because of racism. One of Confessore’s data sources is a Pew survey that shows partisan identification shifting from between 2008 and 2012. The datapoint examines party identification, but some commentators were confused, and believed the chart implied that large numbers of white voters chose Obama in 2008 and then shifted toward the GOP after. But the political science literature suggests that in reality, Obama lost votes in 2008 due to white prejudice.

Political scientist Spencer Piston finds that whites who negatively stereotype Black people were dramatically less likely to vote for Obama (see chart). Importantly, he finds that stereotypes don’t reduce support for Biden, Clinton or the Democratic Party in general.

Obama’s election isn’t the first time racism has caused Whites to leave the Democratic Party. As economists Ilyana Kuziemko and Ebonya Washington have shown, the defection of racially conservative (racist) whites explains nearly all of the decline in Southern Democratic affiliation. A 1987 study by political scientists David O. Sears, Jack Citrin and Rick Kosterman showed that Reverend Jesse Jackson’s candidacy further accelerated the process of white Southerners leaving the Democratic Party.

Conclusion

In another recent article, Jason McDaniel and I showed that racial stereotypes and racial resentment strongly predict support for Trump. The model we used to show this includes variables that measure free trade, economic perceptions and income. But these effects simply aren’t as powerful at predicting Trump as racial resentment. Similarly, sociologist Philip Cohen and I showed how racial stereotypes animate Trump support.

A study by political scientist Brian McKenzie finds that whites view economic hardship through a racialized lens, which fits with the arguments McDaniel and I made. Obama’s election has brought to the fore issues of race, and continued the trend of racist whites leaving the Democratic Party. Many of these whites have now embraced Trump. That story is intimately tied to race. Arguments that obscure this reality ultimately do more harm than good.

[cheka.]

http://www.ozy.com/provocateurs/when-white-flight-hit-this-university-president-fought-back/40729

When White Flight Hit, This University President Fought Back

Then, when minority enrollment passed 50 percent, applications from middle-class whites collapsed. “Once we got over the hump, we realized this was our future,” she says, and it became a point of pride. Now an astonishingly high 85 percent of students are supported by Pell Grants for those in financial need, compared to 10 to 24 percent at top liberal arts schools.

To help on this front, Trinity practices what McGuire calls “intrusive advising,” which includes chasing students who fail to show for class. Beatrice Peterson, who graduated in 2012, credits the school’s quality of teaching for preparing her well for her next step, Columbia Journalism School.

But of the incoming class in 2008, only 45 percent graduated in six years. That’s well below national averages, though across town at the University of the District of Columbia, the six-year graduation rate is 16 percent, according to that school. Terry Hartle, vice president of the American Council on Education, calls Trinity’s graduation rate a “stunning” achievement

[Hermie]

"Terry Hartle, vice president of the American Council on Education, calls Trinity’s graduation rate a “stunning” achievement"

It's a stunning chievement that they can walk upright. Almost anyway.

[mick silver]

racists

[cheka.]

so it occurs to me that we still have a two party system, just that one of them has changed its name and purpose. we have the gop and the gwp

gwp? get whitey party

it is the one thing that unifies that freakshow

[Dogman]

9349

Said from an independent that can see good on both sides..and the bad from both.

[Dogman]

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Eating you ain't it!

Middle ground will rule in time!

;D

[Horn]

You could say the GOP is the black power party, cause if Trump or any other candidate does not have at least some association to and with minorities, they will be scrutinized away.

But everyone is ignorant so you and others will not say that.

[Cebu_4_2]

You could say the GOP is the black power party, cause if Trump or any other candidate does not have at least some association to and with minorities, they will be scrutinized away.

But everyone is ignorant so you and others will not say that.


Wasted breath with Chuck, years of witnessing it.