Hillary Calls Certain Trump Voters A Basket Of Deplorables
Then, she continued: “And unfortunately there are people like that. And he (Donald Trump) has lifted them up. He has given voice to their websites that used to only have 11,000 people — now 11 million. He tweets and retweets their offensive, hateful, mean-spirited rhetoric. Now some of those folks — they are irredeemable, but thankfully they are not America…
But the other basket — and I know this because I see friends from all over America here — I see friends from Florida and Georgia and South Carolina and Texas — as well as, you know, New York and California — but that other basket of people are people who feel that the government has let them down, the economy has let them down, nobody cares about them, nobody worries about what happens to their lives and their futures, and they’re just desperate for change. It doesn’t really even matter where it comes from. They don’t buy everything he says, but he seems to hold out some hope that their lives will be different. They won’t wake up and see their jobs disappear, lose a kid to heroin, feel like they’re in a dead end. Those are people we have to understand and empathize with as well.”
Hillary Clinton Called Half The Trump Voters A 'Basket Of Deplorables' At A Fund-raiser during the 2016 Presidential Elections
Of course, this wasn’t smart political play. Candidates do themselves a tremendous disservice when they attack voters rather than campaigns. Whatever advantage is procured through the rallying of one’s own base is outweighed by what will be read as divisiveness and disdain.
But Hillary Clinton wasn’t all wrong as statistics show, and there was something honest about her quote.
First, Donald Trump’s support in the 2016 campaign was clearly driven by racism, sexism, and xenophobia. While some observers have explained Trump’s success as a result of economic anxiety, the data demonstrate that anti-immigrant sentiment, racism, and sexism are much more strongly related to support for Trump. Trump’s much-discussed vote advantage with non-college-educated whites is misleading; when accounting for racism and sexism, the education gap among whites in the 2016 election returns to the typical levels of previous elections since 2000. Trump did not do especially well with non-college-educated whites, compared to other Republicans. He did especially well with white people who express sexist views about women and who deny racism exists.
With regard to racism, Trump’s rhetoric frequently violated norms that were supposed to inhibit politicians from making explicitly racist appeals. Moreover his rhetoric was either very much welcomed by many of his supporters or excused (He is not a sexist, he is just cute-talking)
The Basket of Deplorables
of SC Trump primary voters supported Trump’s proposed ban on Muslims.
of SC Trump voters support shutting down mosques in the United States.
of SC Trump voters wished the South had won the Civil War
of SC Trump primary voters supported Trump’s proposed ban on Muslims.
of all Trump voters had a sexist attitude
of all US Trump voters described African Americans as more ‘lazy’ than whites.”
of all Trump voters described African Americans as more violent than whites.
of Trump voters support shutting down mosques in the United States.
of all US Trump voters agreed with his tweets that urged 4 minority congreswomen to go back to their countries of origin.”
Trump's Racist Tweets
Donald Trump either is a racist, or he doesn’t mind using racism as a means to gain political momentum. An example: A Reuters/Ipsos public opinion poll shows support for Trump increased among Republican voters after he urged four minority Democratic congresswomen to go back to their countries of origin, even though three of them were born in the U.S. The survey, conducted Monday and Tuesday, showed his net approval among Republicans rose by 5 percentage points on a poll last week to 72 percent. However, his approval rating among independents and Democrats dropped. Overall, just 41 percent of those surveyed said they approved of Trump’s performance in office, while 55 percent say they disapproved. Meanwhile, a separate poll showed that more than two-thirds of Americans—68 percent—aware of the controversy thought Trump’s tweets were offensive. However, among Republicans, 57 percent said they agreed with him.
References & Comments
Because the above statistics are often preceived sensitive, we have added the references below. If you don’t agree, see things different, or have statistics, please leave them in the comment section.
