(November 17, 2016 at 8:09 pm)Rhythm Wrote: A vote for Obama was not a vote for black panther ideology, even if black panthers voted for him. Trump, otoh, was explicitly and openly racist in his campaign promises. A vote for -Trump- was a vote for racist ideologies, regardless of whether or not any racists voted for him...which, ofc.....they did.
There you have it. And looking at supporters and using their own ideology as insight is a useful tool to garnering insight into the politician's platform -- not that that was needed with Trump because, as you say, he was pretty open about his bigotries.