You're mixing up the voters with the politicians. Trump voters aren't vindictive about losing elections, they're frustrated that their lives are falling apart and they have no control over it.

The world is changing and it's leaving people behind. Not the people in the coastal cities, the people in the middle of America. They see a government that not only doesn't care about them but that actively works to shut down the industries that they rely on. They saw a Republican Party that just assumed it would get their vote and a Democratic Party that wished they didn't exist, and they felt powerless.

Then Trump came along and he spoke to them. For the first time in decades they felt seen and heard, for the first time in decades they felt like there was a politician who understood them.

They can't see that it's a fraud, they can't see Trump for who he is, because Trump gives them the attention that they so desperately need.

The "condescending elite" that I referred to wasn't the Democrats, it was both Democrats and Republicans who didn't think that these people mattered. Trump proved that they did, and the only way we're getting out of this situation is for more honest politicians to recognize that and solve these people's very real problems.

I understand all that but you're the one being condescending assuming they're so utterly gullible. I'm sure they have plenty of grievance. Everyone does. They chose a conman because he promised revenge. That is their fault and also very worthy of scorn. I can blame them for their poor character the same way you could blame slave states for starting the civil war. They were just wrong.

Do you know any Trump voters? Have you ever spoken with one?

You probably have and didn't even know it, precisely because of angry rhetoric like this. Even the Bay Area broke 20% for Trump in the last election.

That's one out of every five voters, but I bet very few people walked around wearing a MAGA hat in the Bay area, and you can't really blame them if they valued their physical safety. And now, according to Nate Silver's latest model, it looks like now you're angry at more than half the country.

I don't want to offend you, but it seems like you very much misunderstand both the Trump voters and actually what Trump stands for.

I remember/r/the_donald. I saw a Trump parade in 2015 where they flew those green Nazi flags. I see what they cheer for at rallies. What he says to get approval. It's absolutely disgusting. Is this their version of punishing the establishment for manufacturing jobs or something? No. These are the people who insisted Obama was from Kenya. The people who punished Democrats for the Civil Rights Act. The same people who seceded to protect slavery. Are they nice, polite, well-meaning salt of the earth people? Maybe some of them. But nice isn't the same as good. I'm sure that telling them how stupid they are isn't a great way to win their vote but it doesn't mean it's not true.