Let’s put 2020 into its statistical and historical perspective, shall we? The question is: “Did white people bring about the election of Joe Biden in 2020?” What do the statistics say?
In 2016, 138.7 million citizens voted in the presidential election. Of this population: 54% of whites voted for Trump, and 39% voted for Clinton. 6% of blacks voted for Trump, and 91% voted for Clinton. 28% of Hispanics voted for Trump, and 66% voted for Clinton. Clinton won the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes, getting 48.2% to Trump’s 46.1%. But, popular vote does not decide presidential elections in the USA. The overwhelming electoral votes, decided by “swing States,” went to Trump. Meaning the majority of white voters in these swing States voted for Trump.
Now, keep in mind that black voter turnout in 2016 declined 7 percentage points from previous elections. Only 16.4 million black voters nationwide came to the polls in 2016.
In 2020, 158.7 million citizens voted in the presidential election. Of this population: White voter share in the election results has been consistently falling each presidential election since 1996, and was only 69% of all votes cast in 2020 (still the majority, though!). 57% of whites voted for Trump (an increase from 2016!), and 42% voted for Biden. 12% of blacks voted for Trump (a 2x increase!), 87% voted for Biden. 42% of Hispanics voted for Trump (an almost 2x increase!), and 66% voted for Biden.
Despite the increased voter turnout for Trump by whites, blacks, and Hispanics in 2020, still yet Biden won the popular vote by over 7 million votes, and won the electoral college near identically to Trump in 2016. It wasn’t because of white turnout (which dropped in 2020) that Biden was elected. And whites voted overwhelmingly for Trump in 2020. So say the statistics!
Sorry, but whites do *not* get to take a victory lap on bringing about the Biden presidency. It was black and brown folk who came out to the polls, despite massive attempts at voter suppression (especially in swing States!), and *made* this Biden-Harris presidency happen! Had they not – meaning, had white voters had their way – we’d be having another four years of Trump and gang from this 2020 election.
Despite the inherent racism of white people, in general, black and brown people saved the United States in 2020 from the open displayed racism of white folk – trying to keep their “America” white! Violently and seditious-ly – insurrection style – white supremacy white. As every 45th Administration Congressman, Senator, and Vice President learned – at threat to their very lives, within the Capitol building of the USA itself, on January 6th, 2021!
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And, one other thing, on a Jewish note, now – because, as one of the few remaining ethno-religions on the planet, it is so important that we do not take lightly the wolves in sheep’s clothing:
Listen folks, stop with this, already! Christianity and Islam are not ethnicities, nor ethno-religions. Arab and Muslim are no more synonymous, than Anglo-Saxon and Christian!
Christianity and Islam are pure religions, that were created to usurp all the ethnicities these religions encroach upon, and to erase all memory of the prior ethno-religions of all the ethnicities across this planet.
Yes, both Europeans and Arabs had multiple ethno-religions, before the painfully violent rise of conquest Christianity and Islam upon this planet – and their absolutist ideologies!
The goal of Christianity is to have every human acknowledge their religion’s demiGod “Christ” as ” Lord and Savior” of the human world. (Not to create a Christian ethnicity!)
The goal of Islam is to proselytize every human to the worship of the utterly formless Rabbinical Jewish “One” “G-d”, as required by the Koran and Islamic law. (Not to form a Muslim ethnicity!).
Arab and Muslim are not synonyms, any more than Anglo-Saxon and Christian are synonyms (which is not)! Muslim is not an ethnicity (but Arab is!), and Islam is not an ethno-religion (it is created to replace ethno-religions!). Likewise with Christian and Christianity.
This is why Jews have more in common with Kurds, Druze, and Iranians that still follow Zoroastrianism, than with Christians and Muslims – for all four of us are ethnicities that center around an ethnicity-based religion, not a theological ideology that must be believed in.
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Joseph T Farkasdi · January 20, 2021 at 8:59 pm
When someone says that they and those around them are “ethnic Muslim” or “ethnic Christian,” what they are saying is that their people were “forced” and that they, as an ethnicity (Arab, Irish, whatever), are “anusim” from the ethno-religion of their ancestors.
Their socially erased ancestral tradition having been, after the introduction of Islam/Christianity, replaced by the Muslim/Christian religion. This is why some ethnic Palestinians have Jewish family ties, even though religiously they are Muslim from the Islamic conversions that took place in Palestine.