Politics of Hate

Got Out the Hate Vote?
"Trendsinhate wondered if something else might have been operating to push the Republicans to victory in 2004. Hate. Or, its predecessor: Intolerance. To explore this possibility, we examined the 2004 presidential voting results across the United States to see if George W. Bush fared better in communities with an active hate group (hate group communities or HGCs) than he did in the state in which those HGCs are located..."


The 2000 United States Senate & a Hate Crimes bill:
The GOP is soft on crime, hard on homosexuals


The 2002 Senate and a Hate Crimes bill:
The GOP’s intolerance toward gays continues


Why Like Mike?
"Mike Huckabee has never rebuked the Council of Conservative Citizens. Instead he embraced the group, ignoring its well known legacy of promoting racism and only severing ties when his political ambitions were threatened by bad publicity..."

Hate Crime Incidents: From Election Day to Inauguration Day
"Barack Obama's success aroused the hateful passions of more than a few Americans...Going beyond the headlines, we examine here in detail those hate crime incidents that have come to our attention that were fueled by Obama's election victory and by his assuming the office of the president...there was no randomness to these crimes; rather, similar forces were operating in places with similar histories regardless of where and when they occurred."