Yes, the Majority of white People Voted for Trump
I know you can’t fathom that most white people in this country voted for Trump, but the statistics say otherwise. We have to accept the fact that most white people in this country are willing to vote away their own rights in order to maintain white supremacy.
You, like me, might not even now anybody personally who voted for Trump, but we have to accept this hard truth. The majority of white people actively enjoy their white supremacy and will fight tooth and nail to maintain it. Many will say they had no choice, they vote GOP, regardless of the candidate and that it wasn’t about Trump. Whatever the rationale, a GOP vote is a Trump vote.
And on that note, any vote not for the Dem nominee, is a Trump vote. Voting 3rd party, not voting at all, writing in a name, all that works in Trump’s favor. Another large swath of white voters opted to do this, which helped elect Trump.
So, what do we do about this? The fact that we don’t know anybody personally who voted for Trump, is actually a big problem. It means we’re not reaching out to others enough and having those hard conversations. We need to interact more with people who think differently from us, and work with them on white supremacy. This is our job as white antiracists, to do that hard work.
Stats for the Racial Breakdown of the 2016 Election.
Stats for the Racial Breakdown of the 2020 Election.
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