Understanding White Polarization in the 2016 Vote for President: The Sobering Role of Racism and Sexism.

The article focuses on the role of racism and sexism in the vote choices of college-educated and non-college-educated whites in the U.S. during the 2016 presidential election. Topics include the education gap among white voters during the election, the support of less educated whites voters to presi...

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Published in:Political Science Quarterly (Oxford University Press / USA) Vol. 133; no. 1; pp. 9 - 35
Main Authors: Schaffner, Brian F., Macwilliams, Matthew, Nteta, Tatishe
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Spring2018
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Summary:The article focuses on the role of racism and sexism in the vote choices of college-educated and non-college-educated whites in the U.S. during the 2016 presidential election. Topics include the education gap among white voters during the election, the support of less educated whites voters to presidential candidate Donald Trump instead of Hillary Clinton, and the implication of economic consideration in the preference of voters in the presidential election. Also discussed are the relation between denial of racism, hostile sexism, and vote preference, how sexism and racism contribute to the voting behavior of college-educated and non-college-educated whites, and the polarization in the voting preferences of whites.