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Originally Posted by eva02
But Obama created more than 15 million jobs. The reason democrats lost the election was because bigotry and hatred amongst white people and the preservation of their white identity outweighed their other self interests. How do you explain a county that is so depenedent on Obamacare voting for trump? How do you explain his sudden rise in poll numbers the days immediately after he called Mexicans immigrants rapist? Bigotry. Obama was a great president having to deal with the republicans blocking him at every turn. The democrats lost because they were too confident that racism was a thing of the past. They did not attack trump as harshly as a republican went after Clinton for the smallest slights. Republicans are the party of the white older male. That comes with a certain privilege. Donald trump got away with things that would have ended Clinton or obamas campaigns.
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I think this is more than one issue, racism. Look at two states he won, Michigan and Wisconsin. Two states that have voted Democrat since Bill Clinton won. Those states also voted for Barak Obama twice.
Donald Trump is a salesman and deals with persuasion and not facts. People vote ( and buy ) with their gut, not with their brains. He, like a good salesman, preyed on our unconscious biases.
I agree that the Democrats were overconfident. They were overconfident just like Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz and all the others that Trump was a joke. They did not see a snake oil salesman coming.