Well, good news! There's strong evidence those columns are wrong. Not decisive, but strong.
amazon.ca/Bringing-Race-…
pdfs.semanticscholar.org/1bf6/a9269bc8c…
pdfs.semanticscholar.org/4e41/04477cfe0…
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But note well: "negative" in this context means attacking a candidate as racist or assigning specific blame. It does not include something like "Anti-black racism is a major problem in American society".
@IChotiner @johnmsides @Nate_Cohn
liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/school-public-…
dataforprogress.org/blog/2019/5/5/…
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…
scholar.harvard.edu/files/renos/fi…
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scholar.harvard.edu/files/thedasko…
researchgate.net/publication/31…
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1) The Women's Marches and related protests have been massive mobilization and fundraising tools for liberal organizations. Marchers of all sorts report high levels of subsequent political activism.
americanresistancebook.com/early-drafts/
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washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-ca…
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citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/downlo…
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…
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researchgate.net/publication/31…
researchgate.net/publication/32…
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We all know about the post-2014 transformation in liberal attitudes, especially among whites. "The Great Awokening", etc.
vox.com/2019/3/22/1825…
Be skeptical of the conventional wisdom.
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What I'm saying is that the choice those centrists and Never Trumpers are trying to force on us is a false one.