That GOP outreach is really working out
by digby
538's Andrew R. Lewis, Paul A. Djupe and Jacob Neiheisel took a look at attitudes toward minority groups in the GOP primary and the results are ... unsurprising:
Many of Donald Trump’s supporters are intolerant — racist, sexist and xenophobic. Indeed, some high-profile work has highlighted Trump’s populism and his appeal to less-educated authoritarians — a potent witch’s brew challenging democratic norms. And other analyses have focused on the specific targets of Trump supporters’ anti-democratic attitudes – especially, but not solely, Muslims, immigrants and black Americans.
Attention to the treatment of these minority groups is certainly warranted and important, but focusing only on Trump overlooks a crucial point: These are not the only groups that many people dislike, and intolerance is not concentrated among Trump supporters.
In the wake of the terrorist attacks in France, Trump called for a (temporary) ban on Muslims’ entering the United States. Republican exit polls asked about this proposal and found that support for Trump’s position was widespread (over 60 percent) among participants in Republican nomination contests so far.
This too:
And this:
Pew Research Center found that 17 percent of Trump supporters said diversity makes America worse, a higher share than among either Cruz or John Kasich’s backers. Pew also found that 69 percent of Trump voters agreed that immigrants are a burden on the country.
An ABC News/Washington Post survey showed that among respondents who said that white Americans are losing out because of preferential treatment for Latinos and blacks, 43 percent backed Trump — higher than the 34 percent of Republican respondents who supported Trump overall.
Trump also performs well among those who dislike African-Americans and evaluate whites at higher levels than minorities.
These attitudes are Republican mainstream now. There are some Kasich voters out there who are a little bit more tolerant but we know by the vote totals how much clout they have in the party.
But Democrats are intolerant too. Check out who they hate in comparison to the Republicans:
Nearly as many Trump voters dislike undocumented immigrants as much as the KKK. The KKK. That outreach to the emerging demographics is going swimmingly.
Apparently, for Democrats, picking their least liked group wasn't a tough choice. The KKK was number one for the vast majority. But Republicans had trouble choosing. There are so many people they hate, after all. Who can choose just one? And note that Ted Cruz voters had a particularly hard time. There are a lot of enemies on that list.
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