Thoughts On Election Day, Part 2

Some hubbub was made about the increase of Trump's support among minorities.  While we need to step back and look at the big picture -- mainly that Blacks, Latinx, Asians and Native Americans as a whole overwhelmingly voted for Biden over Trump -- I think that growing appeal by people of color for someone whose actions show he has nothing but contempt for people of color is another sign that there plainly are stupid people in America who vote against their self-interest.

That said, the New York Times took a comprehensive, data-driven approach to how voters at the county level shifted their votes for president from 2016 to 2020.  (This article is behind a paywall, so you'll have to be a subscriber.)  And one big takeaway stood out: The suburbs went big for Biden this year, and maybe moreso as a group and as a percentage than groups of color.  Now the suburbs are rapidly diversifying, but they remain mostly White.

I am heartened by this trend.  It feels as though many White people who gave Trump a chance finally understood how much of an asshole he is.  I really don't want to give people credit for changing their minds when there were so many (like me) who saw Trump as a menace before the 2016 election, but what they did in securing Biden's win this year is undeniable.

So if they were the "blue wave" that outpowered even turnout from minority communities, is it fair to say that in fact ... White people saved America from four more years of fascism?