what you wrote above looks interesting and pretty well thought-out, but this line at the end points to a missing piece in your analysis:
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Originally Posted by Robert Schunk
reams are being written trying to explain away an obvious class phenomenon as immoral racial bigotry.
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yes, sure, there is an obvious class phenomenon, but there is also a sizeable immoral racial bigot block among trump voters. trump didn’t appeal to working class voters on the basis of class interests alone.
just like you point out to various blocks within the democratic voters (multiculturalist, gender feminists, those who favor neoliberal economics), you need to recognize that among trump voters there are several unholy alliances and his candidacy was not *just* a class phenomenon.
it’s class + other things.
for your second draft, if you’re going to be serious at achieving some measure of objectivity, you need to find what those “other things” are, and give them an honest look.
eta: bernie also offered class + other things, but he didn’t make it to the general election, and so maybe it’s not so crucial to see what else he had there. if it had been a trump vs. bernie contest then yes.