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York voters weren't angry, just tired of the status quo
Please read the full article at the link
York voters weren't angry, just tired of the status quo
Those who would fit in the "angry voter" category still remain more middle of the road.
The day after the election, The Huffington Post blared the headline: "Angry White Men Triumphant."Before the election, Wikipedia's definition of Angry White Men already had been updated. The online encyclopedia attributed the origin to "a political voting bloc which emerged in the early 1990s as a reaction to perceived injustices faced by white men in the face of affirmative action quotas in the workplace."But by Nov. 8, the definition included: "Donald Trump and his mainly male supporters have often been described as angry white male or angry white men.
"In heavily Republican York County, voters went to the polls for Trump at an almost 2-to-1 clip over Hillary Clinton voters. Trump gathered 126,933 votes to Clinton's 67,428. That fairly accurately reflects the county's Republican to Democrat registration numbers.But, did the almost 60,000 edge here include the demographic stereotype of the Angry White Man or just the angry voter perceived to be the demographic that pushed Trump unexpectedly over the top?Not so much. Men over 40 here seemed to have gone for Trump because of their wallets, their gun rights and a need for "new blood."
“We hold these truths to be self-evident,” former vice president Biden said during a campaign event in Texas on Monday. "All men and women created by — you know, you know, the thing.”
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Re: York voters weren't angry, just tired of the status quo
That article is BS.
They returned Perry, Toomey, Saylor & other incumbents to the state and federal legislatures.
That is voting for the status quo.
P.S. I am over 40, not angry, a veteran, a registered independent, and did not vote for Trump.
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Re: York voters weren't angry, just tired of the status quo
Article seems fine to me. In reading the article, it listed many reasons why males over 40 voted for Trump, not just because of changing the status quo.
In the actual interviews, the common theme seemed to be they thought he could bring change because he was not a politician. This equates to not voting for the status quo because he had no political history. For the other incumbents you mentioned Saylor didn't have anyone run against him (so who would people have voted for?). Perry had a very weak candidate run against him with no backing from the local Democratic Party and no real public campaign. Toomey had another career political insider run against him in the form of McGinty who tied herself completely to the Clinton campaign. Maybe if the Dems would have went with either Sestak or Fetterman instead of McGinty they might have won the Senate seat.
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Re: York voters weren't angry, just tired of the status quo
Rongone wrote:
That article is BS.
They returned Perry, Toomey, Saylor & other incumbents to the state and federal legislatures.
That is voting for the status quo.
P.S. I am over 40, not angry, a veteran, a registered independent, and did not vote for Trump.
Kind of agree.
At a National Level I do believe that people are disgruntled, but when it comes to local/state politics we tend to return the same people that in actuality have MORE to do with why people are disgruntled than the person at the top.
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