Sorry, Liberals. Bigotry Didn't Elect Donald Trump. - The New York Times - 0 views
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Instead of this considerable achievement inspiring introspection, figures from the heights of journalism, entertainment, literature and the Clinton campaign continue to suggest that Mr. Trump won the presidency by appealing to the bigotry of his supporters.
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This stereotyping of Trump voters is not only illiberal, it falsely presumes Mr. Trump won because of his worst comments about women and minorities rather than despite them.
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But they were not voting on decency. Indeed, one-fifth of voters — more than 25 million Americans — said they “somewhat” disapproved of Mr. Trump’s treatment of women. Mr. Trump won three-quarters of these voters, despite their disapprobation.
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We know about the two candidates through the lens of social media, television, speeches. Most voters are seldom look for a subjective view on the two candidates, they just sit on the couch and wait for the social media to feed them information without any doubt. I think there are always reason why there are more people in support of Trump. --Sissi (12/31/2016)