Political scientist: Voter's racism is directly correlated to support for Bernie Sanders

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Patrick J. Egan, an Assistant Professor of Politics and Public Policy at NYU said:

Sanders drawing votes from white Dems who: dislike Obama, are resentful against blacks & want less liberal policies pic.twitter.com/a2cVI3xD7Q

— Patrick J. Egan (@Patrick_J_Egan) May 9, 2016

 When you look at the graph you see that the more voters dislike black people, the more likely they are to have voted for Bernie Sanders during these primaries.

That’s embarrassing, if you ask me.

In this diary I ask readers to analyze why this is the case.

My theory is that since Bernie Sanders complains a lot about Obama’s policies (to the extent that he calls for a revolution), whereas Hillary has much more in common with Obama.

Also, Obama likes Hillary better than he likes Sanders, according to news reports: Link

People who are racist and hate Obama decide to go with the more anti-Obama candidate and the candidate that Obama dislikes the most.

There may be other factors involved, such as the fact that many racists love guns and the NRA likes Bernie way more than they like Hillary.

But as I said I will let you come up with your own theory about this voting pattern. Thanks.