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Philip Bump
@pbump.com

The exchange between El-Sayed and "Tommy" reinforced for me how much of this political moment centers on the tension between the idea of a pluralistic democracy where power is shared and the vision of a country centrally if not exclusively for white Christians. Gift link:

ctinsider.comA Muslim candidate's exchange exposes an old fight over who belongsThe exchange involving Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks volumes about immigration, religion and American identity.
Philip Bump
@pbump.com

True to form, I dug up a lot of numbers for this, including a look at how many generations back different ethnic groups tend to extend into American history, both recently and in the 1970s. But more to the point, I used new PRRI polling to make the argument directly.

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emjayay.bsky.social
@emjayay.bsky.social

Republicans trust their neighbors because they all live in a gated community where painting your front door a different color or parking a car in front on the wide empty street is illegal.

fperkins.bsky.social
@fperkins.bsky.social

Interesting! Not sure my Mom’s WASP DAR mother thought my Irish-Catholic Dad was ok because wrong ethnicity and religion. Good lesson for me, I never think I’m more American than anyone else (because I’m not).

kevingan52
@kevingan52.bsky.social

Fascinating. What is the leading “foundational moral value for building a healthy society” among Republicans and white evangelicals? I would guess “respect for authority.”

Willie, Cosmopolitan Elite cow dog
@42eyes2ears.bsky.social

"authority" actually meaning "white people". We could debate the subject all day long, but like I recently told my millennial daughter, Alabama has been a fascist state since it's 1819 statehood, "why should anyone expect a sudden change of heart?"

kevingan52
@kevingan52.bsky.social

Oh yes! No doubt… what I was wondering about in my original question to Philip was how they self report or describe themselves and their scale of virtues.