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by protonimitate 2916 days ago
How so?
2 comments

Because racists are terrified of the idea of non-whites making up a larger percentage of the population than they do currently.
It's this vicious rhetoric and finger pointing that lead to the election of Donald J Trump.
You are getting downvoted ... one wonders what those people think. On the first sight you would think that those people would not want Trump to get elected (or re-elected).

But is doing that downvoting likely to increase or decrease the chances of votes for Trump ? I'm pretty sure it's increasing those chances.

So that brings the question ... are these people stupid ? Not wanting to discuss (and hopefully fix) the reason Trump got elected is not going to help.

Or, I guess, perhaps they're Russian.

I'm assuming what they mean is something mentioned in the article:

> What does it mean for the political map? Some experts say that rapid demographic change became a potent issue in the 2016 presidential race — and helped drive white voters to support Donald J. Trump.