Comments on: Trump Voters Driven by Fear of Losing Status, Not Economic Anxiety, Study Finds https://www.habitablezone.com/2018/04/25/trump-voters-driven-by-fear-of-losing-status-not-economic-anxiety-study-finds/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RL https://www.habitablezone.com/2018/04/25/trump-voters-driven-by-fear-of-losing-status-not-economic-anxiety-study-finds/#comment-41439 RL Fri, 27 Apr 2018 03:30:02 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=70635#comment-41439 I really don't think Trump will make it 4 years... I really don’t think Trump will make it 4 years…

]]> By: ER https://www.habitablezone.com/2018/04/25/trump-voters-driven-by-fear-of-losing-status-not-economic-anxiety-study-finds/#comment-41434 ER Fri, 27 Apr 2018 01:17:47 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=70635#comment-41434 They realized they could no longer count on the white supremacist vote to work every time. The only way they can get their man elected now is through an Electoral College technicality. And after 4 years of the Trumpster, not even that will work any more. They realized they could no longer count on the white supremacist vote to work every time. The only way they can get their man elected now is through an Electoral College technicality. And after 4 years of the Trumpster, not even that will work any more.

]]> By: ER https://www.habitablezone.com/2018/04/25/trump-voters-driven-by-fear-of-losing-status-not-economic-anxiety-study-finds/#comment-41431 ER Thu, 26 Apr 2018 03:07:54 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=70635#comment-41431 In fact, we had a bit of a discussion about it in the thread below. It may be true, but I still prefer the Marxist "economic anxiety" hypothesis. Its easier for me to accept that so many of my countrymen are victims of economic exploitation and delusional propaganda than that they are just racists and classists. In fact, we had a bit of a discussion about it in the thread below.

It may be true, but I still prefer the Marxist “economic anxiety” hypothesis. Its easier for me to accept that so many of my countrymen are victims of economic exploitation and delusional propaganda than that they are just racists and classists.

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