02-13-2022, 04:28 PM
Quote:Intangible fears are today more important than objective facts. In one of the most careful scholarly analyses of the 2016 election, the University of Pennsylvania’s Diana C. Mutz explained in a paper that the data simply did not support the thesis that Trump was being supported by those who were economically “left behind” and had lost jobs or seen their wages stagnate. She writes, “Candidate preferences in 2016 reflected increasing anxiety among high-status groups. … Both growing domestic racial diversity and globalization contributed to a sense that white Americans are under siege by these engines of change.”Opinion | Why Americans aren’t giving Biden credit for a strong economy - The Washington Post