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Originally Posted by Willravel
I'll break it down:
More men voted for Obama and more women for Hillary
All blacks (by state) voted for Obama and most whites voted for Hillary
Young people voted more for Obama and older people for Hillary
Upper class voted for Obama and middle for Hillary
More education for Obama and less for Hillary
Holy crap does that communicate biases.
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The site shows clear biases based on gender and race (no surprise there), but it also shows that the whole thing about Obama having a problem with the working class is a load of crap.
Both Clinton and Obama each had 12 states where they won the under 15k demographic. Clinton won 15-30k in 21 states while Obama won it in 12 states...that's not a terribly large difference all things considered (and 5 of Clinton's 15-30k wins were within 10 points, while only 3 of Obama's were, so it could have reasonably ended up 19-14 in that demographic, or even 17-16
Obama). It's important to remember that those 15-30k voters are also of a particular race and gender. What the site data shows is that the biases, at their core, lie in race and gender.
The fact less educated people support Clinton isn't a bias, it's just a demographic trend. That Clinton easily won the 60+ vote and Obama easily won the under 30 vote...that
could be a bias, but I think it's more likely just a demographic trend. At the very least, it'd be tough to convince me that the under 30 vote is biased against Clinton's age, but I'd be willing to consider that the over 60 vote is biased against Obama's youth. Nonetheless, I don't see it. Get to the core of it all and it's race and gender.