White Republicans overwhelmingly feel like strangers in their own country

Here’s the graphic accompanying the portal into Reuters/Ipsos’ poll in which participants were asked, on election day (this looks like it could be Steve Sailer’s missing R/I exit poll, but at least up to this point, isn’t being fully released), if they agreed or disagreed with the statement, “These days I feel like a stranger in my own country”:

So it’s illegal immigrants, Muslims, blacks, SWPLs, and all the other constituencies that must be cobbled together to create the Coalition of the Fringes that are feeling lost as the country regresses, then?

To an extent, yes, in that plurality of the country as a whole expresses the sentiment of feeling like a stranger in American society. Bowling–or, increasingly, holing up and watching Youtube or Netflix–Alone; the story of 21st century multicult America.

But Core America is where the alienation is the most acute. It’s Middle Americans who really feel like barbarians living within the gates.

The following table shows the percentages who agree–that is, who express feelings of alienation–by the limited demographic characteristics available and with the non-committal and “don’t know” responses removed. The sample size is huge (n = 45,122):

Group	Stranger
White Republicans	72.9%
Republicans	72.2%
Hispanic Republicans	69.2%
Independents	65.3%
Hispanics (all)	60.8%
Black Republicans	59.3%
Whites (all)	59.0%
Blacks (all)	54.5%
Hispanic Democrats	54.4%
Black Democrats	53.2%
Democrats	43.3%
White Democrats	38.7%

Nearly 3-in-4 white Republicans sense that the country is becoming unrecognizable. The cold culture war (that is heating up) continues to pit goodwhites on one side and deplorables on the other.

Cross-tabs on age and education aren’t available. It’d be interesting to see if younger whites on the right–who are quite open to the idea of secession–express more or less alienation than their parents do.

The first time I recall viscerally feeling a connection to the Trump movement, back in late summer 2015, was when I heard Trump say “We’re taking our country back from these people” at one of his rallies. I wasn’t alone:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9tcswoomvM]

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Epaminondas

One of the best similes that came out of the election.
TrollBashlord

“The following table shows the percentages who agree–that is, who express feelings of alienation–by the limited demographic characteristics available and with the non-committal and “don’t know” responses removed. The sample size is huge (n = 45,122).”

I only see 59.1% for republicans did you yourselves filter out the “neither agree nor disagree” and don’t know?
Audacious Epigone

did you filter out the “neither agree nor disagree” as non-committal?

Yes, we did, non-committal = “neither agree nor disagree”. From the post:

“The following table shows the percentages who agree–that is, who express feelings of alienation–by the limited demographic characteristics available and with the non-committal and ‘don’t know’ responses removed.”
Jim

As a child, gays weren’t something that really existed in any ‘real’ way in my state, and things were generally peaceful. Now even trannies are running around, and blacks are protesting stupid crap every summer. Crime has gone up too, particularly murder. My home town is definitely not the same one I was born in.