cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25218510
THIS IS NOT A TROLL. I’d like a deeper dive into this as a black man.
For context, I’ve voted Democratic my entire life, same with my family & most of my friends, including most of my white friends. We tend to agree on the obvious issues in American politics like lobbyist & foreign affairs. But we continue to vote Democratic because we see it as the best way forward for progress compared to the GOP.
But my question is why are white people specifically so strong for the GOP? It seems like no matter which election you look at post civil rights, the GOP either comfortably wins the white vote, or narrowly wins it. Despite issues like the war on drugs, early 90s recession, war on terror, mortgage crisis, Trump’s abysmal response to COVID, cuts to Social Secuirty, Tax Cuts for the Rich, etc. It seems like the white electorate always backs Republicans in big numbers. No matter what.
You could say the same for black people and the Democratic Party, but we are a far smaller voting base that can’t really decide elections outside of a state like Georgia (I live in Chicago). But also, the Dems aren’t perfect, I don’t expect any political party to be, but their track record and policy positions work much better for the common man to me.
Obviously there’s a large contingent of white voters who greatly represent the progressive movements on the left more than any other group, but they’re vastly outnumbered by their Republican counterparts. And Trump did worse with white women in 2024 more than any Republican has post-civil rights.
TLDR; Why does it seem like no matter what Republicans do, white voters who always give them a large amount of support? If Dems held policy positions and had the rhetoric of the modern day Republican Party, I doubt black people would support them.
Turns out, that when your entire platform is “White people and men are bad”, they tend not to vote for you.
It has nothing to do with Republicans and their platform - it’s simply that Dems are toxic toward those demographics, so voters don’t feel like its the party for them.
Absolute bullshit. I’m not going to defend the Democratic Party (which is painfully inept), but the Republican Party is explicitly a white-identity interest group. Any crumbs of rhetoric that they throw to other groups has nothing to do with actually helping anyone and is entirely targeted to make their white constituents feel benevolent.
Have you SEEN the replies to this?
Can you point out a single one that isn’t calling white people/men racist or some other derogatory thing?
It’s literally right in front of your face and you STILL fail to see it.
You’ve equated the “Republican” party with Old, White, Men.
But not all White Men are republicans. But you call them that anyways because you’ve mixed up the distinction. Then you call all of them evil, and conflate them with the enemy, but you also want them to vote for you?
Get real.
I’m not calling myself racist, but I’ll admit to white Christian, male, and even old
What you’re saying directly challenges their worldviews and forces them to come to grips that they had a part to play in what’s happening today.
This is where the people downvoting you experienced cognitive dissonance and decided to double down. That’s how I’m reading this, anyway.
I think there’s also a blind spot where people don’t realize that perpetuating prejudice of any kind strengthens the position of bigots.
It’s doing their work for them when it’s normalized and accepted. It aids division. Gotta practice what you preach.
Did you not see the ‘False Answers Only’ tag? Bad form, mate
I’m using old.lemmy.world – so no? I don’t see any kind of tags. Sorry, I didn’t realize this wasn’t a serious post.
I was just joking around, this is how I cope with seeing correct answers heavily downvoted
Thanks for clarifying. Poe’s law strikes again!