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Originally Posted by twitchyzero
mikemhg can you help shed some light on the first step act and if that's a factor in the increase of african american trump voters?
his anti-science stance is frightening
but also interesting to see how America did as world police since 2016
cozied up with Russia
hot and cold on China
almost cuban crisis'd with Iran
mini trade war with Canada
tried to deescalate NK
decoupled from WHO
armed Taiwan with decent hardware
kept ISIL/Syrian govt in check
lots of dangerous tweets and i'm sure i'm missing a few considerations but overall seems less warmongering than the establishment?
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Sure, what would you like me to expound upon?
The Act was always bipartisan, it's a policy that saves the Federal government money, which will always appeal to a Liberian leaning Republican. The passing of the bill in my opinion is classic in what I call facetious pandering. Trump was primarily against the bill, it actually took Jared Kushner and some of his inner cabinet to actually push for the bill's approval. I personally believe it was sold to him as a bill based on cynicism. A bill to appeal to a non-existent black base, with little substance.
Out of the millions imprisoned in the US, 1 in 5 are in prison from drug offences. Only roughly 3000 inmates were affected in a positive way from the act, and if anything Trump's DOJ have been feckless in its adminitration, hence my view of it being a bill of cynicism.
"Both liberal and conservative critics suggest that the Trump administration's Department of Justice is not properly applying the law, resulting in fewer prisoners enjoying the release and sentencing adjustment reforms than Congress intended.[43] In many cases, Department of Justice prosecutors are opposing inmates' motions for sentence reduction under the First Step Act by arguing that the relevant drug quantity is not what the offender was convicted of possessing or trafficking, but the quantity that records suggest the offender possessed or trafficked. The latter figure is typically substantially larger. In some instances, DOJ prosecutors are trying to "reincarcerate offenders already released under the First Step Act."
I don't think this bill was the basis for increased black support. Keep in mind those numbers are based on exit polls in an election where a massive amount of mail in ballots were had, thus not providing an accurate reflection of black support (those numbers can be inflated as a result). I've also referenced the emergence of the black male misogyny effect, which has also taken root in young uneducated white men, through characters such as Jordan Peterson, Joe Rogan, etc.
Those particular demographics are the groups that grew for Trump the most, where as others had fallen. I equate those two factors the most to the heightened support. Black women almost unanimously voted against Trump (over 94%), the group to unanimously voted against Trump the most out of any demographic.