Obama-Trump Voters. Episode 1

Why did some Obama voters flip to Trump in 2016? Some have argued that Obama-Trump voters were motivated by anti-neoliberal sentiment and that therefore the left should pander to the interests of this “forgotten white working class.” However, evidence suggest that this claim of the anti-neoliberal Obama-Trump voter is not accurate. In this episode we get to the bottom of the mystery of the Obama-Trump voter. We will be discussing Andrew Kliman’s recent work analyzing Obama-Trump voters, contrasting his findings with the thinking of much of the mainstream left. In this episode we also take a moment to discuss some of the current issues surrounding Trump’s increasingly brutal war on immigrants and refugees. Please leave comments here: https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/episode-1-obama-trump-voters The two essays mentioned in this episode are both available here: Which Obama Voters “Flipped” to Trump? Which Did Not? Why? https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/resistance-to-trumpism-2/obama-trump-voters-rebelling-against-neoliberalism-or-embracing-racism-misogyny-and-authoritarianism.html Obama-Trump Voters: Rebelling Against Neoliberalism or Embracing Racism, Misogyny, and Authoritarianism? https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/resistance-to-trumpism-2/which-obama-voters-flipped-to-trump-which-did-not-why.html * ~ * ~ * ~ * Radio Free Humanity is a podcast covering news, politics and philosophy from a Marxist-Humanist perspective. It is co-hosted by Brendan Cooney and Andrew Kliman. We intend to release new episodes every two weeks. Radio Free Humanity is sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (MHI), but the views expressed by the co-hosts and guests of Radio Free Humanity are their own. They do not necessarily reflect the views and positions of MHI. We welcome and encourage listeners’ comments, posted on this episode’s page of the MHI website. Please visit MHI’s website for information on philosophy & organization, Marxist-Humanist archives, and its online publication, “With Sober Senses”:
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