Mon, 12/21/2020
LAWRENCE — What was it that compelled white voters to choose Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election – but not necessarily the 2020 election – in the battleground states of the Midwest?
“We see a great deal of regional variation. White voters are not a monolithic block. They don’t all behave the same way,” said Eric Hanley, associate professor of sociology at the University of Kansas.
His new scholarly article, “The Heart of Whiteness: Patterns of Race, Class and Prejudice in the Divided Midwest,” examines these regional variations in battleground states during the 2016 election. It’s included as a chapter in a volume titled "Political Landscapes of Donald Trump," published by Routledge. The book is edited by Barney Warf, KU professor of geography.