UF legend David Lee <| sep |> There aren ' t a lot of secrets in life and sometimes a postcomment history can give you insight into a person ' s logic . <| sep |> I would argue that their stereotypies dovetail with their privileges . Even if I had an unoffensive username , people would still argue that my rhetoric is irrelevant because sometimes I take potshots at other white guys , as seen in my post history . <| sep |> Not exactly . Whites in general voted Republican , not just white men . And the margin between each party was close relative to other ethnic groups , so it ' s not just a case of the Republican party appealing solely to white voters . It definitely isn ' t close for minority groups . But yes , white people in general do vote GOP . Religious voters weren ' t a single group in this election , compare the voting records of latino catholics to nonlatino catholics . They weren ' t , but Evangelicals definitely were . The Mormons not so much . But it ' s mainly the Evangelical wing of the party that attempts to enact theocratic policy and this is definitely a matter of identity politics . The GOP has certainly engaged in identity politics in the past Reagan ' s infamous welfare queen stories , the madness of the Religious Right in the 90 s , and certain segments of Republican voters did the same in this election , but their overall campaign and platform seemed to be based more on economic issues than identity politics . It ' s weird , because that used to be the Democrats ' thing , and it won them the white house in 92 and 96 . This election was 100 % about identity politics . Immigrants vs . Nonimmigrants , elites vs . Uneducated , white vs . Everyone else thanks Trump , men vs . Women , etc . I ' m not sure what election you ' ve been paying attention to . Hardly ever was the economy discussed outside of platitudes about trade deals and who ' s paying for a wall to keep out illegal immigrants another identity politics issue . EDIT Also , why are you putting radical Islamic terrorism in quotes as though it ' s made up ? It ' s just a hilarious hill that the GOP is choosing to die on while simultaneously ranting about political correctness .