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by Joseph Brean - November 18, 2016

White men, who make up about a third of the electorate, went 63% for Trump, with white women at 52%. Non-white voters, who represent 30% of the electorate, went 74% for Clinton, short of what Obama achieved in 2012. In fact Clinton underperformed Obama in nearly every voting bloc.

The whitelash theory, however, allows liberals to feel morally superior while selectively ignoring what angry white male voters said were their reasons for voting Trump. It also lends undue credence to the efforts of actual neo-Nazis, whose tried and true publicity strategy is to opportunistically exploit news cycles in an effort to boost their own apparent influence, for example by posting anonymous flyers in parks.

Excerpt. More at
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/theory-that-racist-whitelash-was-behind-trump-victory-ignores-true-reasons-experts-say
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