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Professors Schaffner and Nteta find that racism and sexism were key drivers in identifying Trump supporters in presidental election

A new paper co-authored by Brian F. Schaffner, Tatishe M. Nteta, political science, and Matthew MacWilliams, finds that racism and sexism were key drivers in identifying supporters of Republican Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.The research says these two factors correlated much more closely to support for Trump than economic anxiety or other issues. Read more of this Vox.com story here.

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