Monday, October 24, 2022

Vanishing

 NY Times: Their America Is Vanishing. Like Trump, They Insist They Were Cheated. The white majority is fading, the economy is changing and there’s a pervasive sense of loss in districts where Republicans fought the outcome of the 2020 election. By Michael H. Keller and David D. Kirkpatrick

A shrinking white share of the population is a hallmark of the congressional districts held by the House Republicans who voted to challenge Mr. Trump’s defeat, a New York Times analysis found — a pattern political scientists say shows how white fear of losing status shaped the movement to keep him in power.

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