Thomas B. Edsall, “We Aren’t Seeing White Support For What It Is”

Fact: “In less than a decade, from 2010 to 2018, whites without a college degree grew from 50 to 59 percent of all the Republican Party’s voters, while whites with college degrees fell from 40 to 29 percent of the party’s voters.”

Opinion: “Low-income whites without college degrees have moved to the Republican Party, but because they frequently hold liberal economic views — that is, they support redistributionist measures from which they benefit — they are conflicted in their partisan allegiance.”

Claim: “High-income whites without college degrees were swing voters sixty years ago, pursued by both parties; now, they are rock-ribbed Republicans. Their share of the white electorate has fallen, however, from 42.1 to 22.0 percent.”

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Chloe Maki is starting her first semester at Pima Community College where she is exploring multiply areas of study. Although her major is business, she is open to other fields of study. Chloe does however plan to pursue some type of future in the criminal justice system or criminal psychology. Chloe has a passion for psychology and understanding the human brain.

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