据他们论证 ， “ 以前高度信奉奴隶制的地区白人最有可能反对民主党、反对积极行动，并表达可能被理解为种族怨恨的各种情绪。 ”
“It is within formerly high-slave areas,” they show, “that whites are the most likely to oppose the Democratic Party, oppose affirmative action, and express sentiments that could be construed as racially resentful.”