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" What history teaches us about the true character of American democracy is that it cannot be generalized, and it cannot be defined scientifically. One cannot effectively lump voters together into arbitrary blocs based on demographic statistics and have it mean anything: there is no reductionist, easily definable women’s vote, or black or Latino vote, or Evangelical vote, or youth vote. "

Nancy Isenberg , White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America


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Nancy Isenberg quote : What history teaches us about the true character of American democracy is that it cannot be generalized, and it cannot be defined scientifically. One cannot effectively lump voters together into arbitrary blocs based on demographic statistics and have it mean anything: there is no reductionist, easily definable women’s vote, or black or Latino vote, or Evangelical vote, or youth vote.