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Angry White Male (sometimes abbreviated as AWM) is the designation of a voting bloc
Voting bloc

A voting bloc is a group of voting that are so motivated by a specific concern or group of concerns that it helps determine how they vote in elections....
 of white males in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 that came into use during and after the midterm elections of 1994
Republican Revolution

The Republican Revolution or Revolution of '94 is what the Republican Party of the United States dubbed their success in the 1994 U.S. midterm elections, which resulted in United States House of Representatives elections, 1994 in the United States House of Representatives, and United States Senate elections, 1994 in the United States S...
 in which white males supported Republican
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
 candidates by a 24 % margin (compared to a 6 % margin in 1986 and a 4 % margin in 1990).

Demographic characteristics of the group include males of predominantly working class
Working class

Working class is a term used in academic sociology and in ordinary conversation to describe, depending on context and speaker, those employed in specific fields or types of work....
 or lower middle class
Lower middle class

In developed nations across the earth, the lower middle class is a sub-division of the greater middle class which constitutes the largest socio-economic class....
 status, who are 'angered' by:






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Angry White Male (sometimes abbreviated as AWM) is the designation of a voting bloc
Voting bloc

A voting bloc is a group of voting that are so motivated by a specific concern or group of concerns that it helps determine how they vote in elections....
 of white males in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 that came into use during and after the midterm elections of 1994
Republican Revolution

The Republican Revolution or Revolution of '94 is what the Republican Party of the United States dubbed their success in the 1994 U.S. midterm elections, which resulted in United States House of Representatives elections, 1994 in the United States House of Representatives, and United States Senate elections, 1994 in the United States S...
 in which white males supported Republican
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
 candidates by a 24 % margin (compared to a 6 % margin in 1986 and a 4 % margin in 1990).

Demographic characteristics of the group include males of predominantly working class
Working class

Working class is a term used in academic sociology and in ordinary conversation to describe, depending on context and speaker, those employed in specific fields or types of work....
 or lower middle class
Lower middle class

In developed nations across the earth, the lower middle class is a sub-division of the greater middle class which constitutes the largest socio-economic class....
 status, who are 'angered' by:
  • policies or actions in government
    Government

    Government is the body within any organization that has the authority to make and the power to enforce laws, regulations, or rules. Typically, the government refers to a civil government -- local, provincial, or national -- but commercial, academic, religious, or other formal organizations are also administered by governing bodies....
    , business
    Business

    A business is a legally recognized organization designed to provide good s and/or Service to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalism economies, most being privately owned and formed to earn profit that will increase the wealth of its owners....
    , media
    Mass media

    Mass media is a term used to denote a section of the media specifically envisioned and designed to reach a mainstream such as the population of a nation state....
    , education
    Education

    File:Inukshuk Monterrey 1.jpgEducation can be seen as a product or a process and considered in a broad sense or a technical sense. According to philosophy of education George F....
    , and other institutions that openly favor non-whites, women, and other minorities - sometimes referred to as reverse discrimination
    Reverse discrimination

    Reverse discrimination is, in its simplest form, the practice of favoring members of a historically disadvantaged group at the expense of members of a historically advantaged group....
  • the actual or believed cultural condescension by affluent "limousine liberal
    Limousine liberal

    Limousine liberal is a pejorative North American politics term used to illustrate perceived hypocrisy by a political American liberalism of upper class or upper middle class status, such as calling for the use of mass transit while frequently using private jets , claiming to be highly environmentally conscious but driving a gas-hungry SUV,...
    s."


See also

  • Reagan Democrat
    Reagan Democrat

    Reagan Democrat is an Politics of the United States term used by pundit to denote traditionally Democratic Party voters, especially white working-class Northern United States, who defected from their party to support Republican Party President of the United States Ronald Reagan in both the United States presidential election, 1980 and Unit...
  • White male
    White male

    In sociology, a white male is a male member of the white people ethnic group, which includes people of Ethnic groups in Europe descent. In the United States, whites make up a majority of the population and this demographic group also accounts for the majority of the nation's "elite" -- meaning highly educated, wealthy individuals who hold t...
  • NASCAR dad
    NASCAR dad

    In North American social, cultural and political discourse, NASCAR dad refers broadly to a demographic group of often white, usually middle-aged, working-class or lower-middle-class men....
  • Soccer mom
    Soccer mom

    The phrase soccer mom broadly refers to a middle class suburban woman who spends a significant amount of her time transporting her school-age children to activities such as Association football practice and music lessons....
  • Joe Sixpack
  • Populism
    Populism

    Populism is a discourse which supports "the people" versus "the elites." Populism may involve either a philosophy urging social and political system changes and/or a rhetorical style deployed by members of political or social movements competing for advantage within the existing party system....