Book contents
- Whitelash
- Whitelash
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction The Long Night of Déjà Vu
- 1 Electing Trump and Breaching Norms
- 2 The Exoneration of White Voters
- 3 White Voters and the Law of Alternative Facts
- 4 The Sirens of White Nationalism
- 5 Law as Pretext
- 6 Voting While White
- 7 Holding Candidates and Parties Accountable
- 8 We the People: Fashioning a Legal Remedy for Voter Whitelash
- Conclusion The Globalization of Whitelash
- Notes
- Index
6 - Voting While White
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 January 2020
- Whitelash
- Whitelash
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction The Long Night of Déjà Vu
- 1 Electing Trump and Breaching Norms
- 2 The Exoneration of White Voters
- 3 White Voters and the Law of Alternative Facts
- 4 The Sirens of White Nationalism
- 5 Law as Pretext
- 6 Voting While White
- 7 Holding Candidates and Parties Accountable
- 8 We the People: Fashioning a Legal Remedy for Voter Whitelash
- Conclusion The Globalization of Whitelash
- Notes
- Index
Summary
A common adage in politics is that “elections have consequences.” It’s a catchy aphorism, but it masks the relationship between a voter’s candidate choices and the personal fallout for that voter. What if you could rail against “big government” and still feed at its trough? What if you could complain about the federal debt and then drive it up with gigantic tax cuts? What if you could be a single-issue voter on guns or abortion, but then, when the economy sours under the party you supported, you still reap the benefits of the social safety net that the party opposes?
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- WhitelashUnmasking White Grievance at the Ballot Box, pp. 113 - 134Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020