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  • 2016-03-28 (xsd:date)
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  • Alaska, Hawaii, Washington State Overwhelmingly 'White, Rural'? (en)
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  • In March 2016, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders swept the Democratic caucuses of Alaska, Hawaii, and Washington state in Presidential primaries. Not long after that, pundits wrote several articles claiming that Sanders did well because all some or all of the three states are not particularly ethnically diverse (Sanders has not been doing well with black voters compared to Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, and his supporters have been portrayed as overwhelmingly white). According to CNN: And in CNN's international edition: The Atlantic made a similar claim: Washington Post appeared to continue the narrative that Sanders does better in states with less diversity with a 27 March 2016 piece originally titled Why Did Bernie Sanders Dominate Saturday? Caucuses in Whiter States — thereby implying that outside their relatively small black populations, Alaska and Hawaii are overwhelmingly white: The latter part of the article's title was later amended to read Caucuses in States with Smaller Black Populations, and the following note was appended to the article: Alaska and Hawaii in particular are among the top most ethnically and linguistically diverse states in the U.S., which media coverage seemed to overlook despite several previous stories on the subject (sometimes in the very same publications) about the surprising diversity of both states. As I wrote in 2014: Similar drivers contribute to Hawaii's growing diversity, particularly marriage and families: The perceived whitewashing was not lost on Twitter. Before long, #BernieMadeMeWhite was trending: It's true that Washington state, Alaska, and Hawaii each have low populations of black voters relative to the national average (13.2 percent as of 2014), which political reporters say will affect the outcome of the elections. It's also true that the Sanders campaign has struggled with attracting black and Latino voters. However, it's definitively untrue that any of the three states are rural and ethnically homogenous, as some outlets outright stated. Even Washington state, the least diverse of the three, boasts ethnic diversity, including a significant Asian population. (en)
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