Good links and numbers.
The simple answer comes down to, the DNC (champion of unions and jobs), nominated an individual tied to killing jobs through out sourcing, etc, with no answer to "my town is dying".
They messed up, as did Hillary.
Things will be interesting.
This is exactly right. And to add, this is the result of pretending income inequality is not a big deal. It's a big deal because it results in a pissed-off population looking to change things up.
The rising tide better actually lift all boats.
so they voted for a guy who's plan is to fuck over the middle class.
Genius.
They voted for a guy who scares the political class and Wall St.
I'm pretty sure the "rust-belt" middle class doesn't see how their situation could get any worse. They might be right.
Do they not remember 8 years ago?
When I read those early elections polls from Reuters I knew that Trump was winning or going to be far closer than anyone in the MSM imagined. Those are results of a very angry population at the status quo.
I mean, obviously people should go to vote and should be encouraged to vote. It's just that it was pretty much an open secret that the reason all of these tech companies and Silicon Valley people were suddenly "so involved" in getting people to vote, is because they thought most of the people they'd reach would vote for Clinton. And it's another open secret that most of Silicon Valley companies wanted Clinton to win.
I, for one, would've welcomed attempts to fix the real democracy issues in the U.S. (which are far bigger than just low voter turnouts), and attempts to fix the real problems that got half of the country to vote for Trump.
Hint: it's not just because of racism, but also because people are sick and tired of polished-up, corrupt politicians. Trump may be a very poor, or one of the worst possible alternatives to that, but at least he was an alternative.
These people really don't get it why Trump and Sanders saw such a rise in popularity. Tuesday's Reuters poll shows black and white why. I'll just copy the results here:
- 75 percent agree that "America needs a strong leader to take the country back from the rich and powerful."
- 72 percent agree "the American economy is rigged to advantage the rich and powerful."
- 68 percent agree that "traditional parties and politicians don’t care about people like me."
- 76 percent believe "the mainstream media is more interested in making money than telling the truth."
- 57 percent feel that "more and more, I don't identify with what America has become."
- 54 percent feel "it is increasingly hard for someone like me to get ahead in America."
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-poll-mood-idU...
And if you're not convinced, or you still don't quite get it, listen to Michael Moore and Jimmy Dore explain it in more colorful terms:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOcstHhtL4Y&feature=youtu.be...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZNwvXZbAfg