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by neilparikh 1989 days ago
> For a huge segment of people the root cause is the hollowing out of the middle class over the last 50 years.

I keep hearing this, but the data shows a different story. Trump supporters (and Republicans) in general are wealthier than Democrats, and the country as a whole.

See https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-mythology-of-trumps...