Trump Taps Into the Anxiety of American White Males
Mrs. Clinton wins majorities of groups that have seen their freedoms and share of the nation’s resources grow in recent decades — women, African-Americans, Hispanics.
.. Mr. Trump wins majorities of groups that have experienced a relative decline — whites and men.
.. Yet there is some evidence that a sizable number of white men see the push toward diversity, along with the larger changes it telegraphs, as less about joining and more about replacement, and a country that is less hospitable to them.
.. “When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.”
.. And when it comes to the focus of their government, a majority of Trump supporters believed that the needs of African-Americans and other minorities commandeered too much attention