Trump and the exploitation of right rage: It’s not the economy that’s attracting angry white men

[Different Drummer]

Generally speaking, Trump supporters are non-college-educated white men, ranging from younger “bros” to, more typically, white male baby-boomer retirees with plenty of spare time to be relentlessly irradiated by Fox News and AM talk radio.

http://www.salon.com/2016/08/13/trump-and-the-exploitation-of-right-rage-its-not-the-economy-stupid-thats-attracting-angry-white-men-to-him/

[Buckeye_Democrat]

1. I haven't even turned on my TV today, but people here said that FOX News was...

... mostly covering the rioting in Milwaukee.

I can just imagine being in an old-time barber shop in my area and hearing the old farts say, "That's how they are," mingled with several anti-Obama comments.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. This is what the Tea Baggers wanted,

and Walker just activate the National Guard. Knowing Milwaukee,this not going to turn out very well. And Fake Noise as well as CNN and their Twins Comcast NBC-MSNBC will be fanning the flames big time. And Con Man Don will hype the hell out of this. Wait for it,---------Obama's fault because it just is,Duh.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

4. Our media is so superficial and non-educational about these issues.

It's rare to ever see something like Frontline's "Policing the Police" on those channels, and completely impossible on FOX News.

[Wellstone ruled]

5. Agree,but this situation

in Brew Town is going to be exploited big time by the Rethugs. They have been chomping at the bit for this. They are losing their collective asses and they need something or someone to turn the narrative away form Trump and pin anything on Obama or Hillary. Bet on it!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Great article by Salon. Thanks for posting it, Different Drummer. n/t

[Different Drummer]

6. You are most welcome, Peggy! n/t

[pampango]

7. "it’s not easy to quantify the growing resentment of white males who believe they’re slowly losing

their millennia-long grip on societal power. Likewise, it’s difficult to measure the brainwashing of Trump’s loyalists by the Fox News and talk radio echo-chamber.

... the demographic profile of Trump’s base: older white male retirees with massive chips on their shoulders.

... a new study by Gallup shows that economic issues aren’t necessarily driving Trump’s base.

According to this new analysis, those who view Trump favorably have not been disproportionately affected by foreign trade or immigration, compared with people with unfavorable views of the Republican presidential nominee. The results suggest that his supporters, on average, do not have lower incomes than other Americans, nor are they more likely to be unemployed.