mos_def wrote:
Some are racist, but to label everyone racist cuz they voted for the other candidate is counter productive and actually bigotry in itself. SOme of these people are trying to put food on their table. You cant fault people that aren't racist for doing that
Yup
Some are just die-hard GOP that will vote red no matter what. But mainly, outside of the outspoken racists, the base is people who bought into Trump's 'elevate the middle class' stuff. He was like Bernie in that he knows his base and knows what they want. But unlike Bernie, Trump does not have a clear logical path to enact it. If Bernie ran and won, and the Senate/House went blue, he could conceivably enact some of his platform, if not most of it.
But Trump? He's going to get hit by his own side if he tries to enact what he's promised, and even by some centrist dems. These guys are so deep in the pockets of lobbies that they are completely isolated from real Americans. Even if he can get taxes and tariffs raised on non-domestic goods and services, it doesn't really help out the American people if wages remain low and we're still subsidizing corporate welfare (while bashing welfare for the people, a far less costly endeavor). I don't see any path to him getting results and I think he'll (and by he, I kinda mean the GOP-led Congress more) walk back economic growth, and in doing so, increase already unstable tensions among classes and races.
We'll see. If Trump can actually get the GOP to move towards the center for the first time in decades, then he could be a moderate success. It just seems very unlikely with the human turtle that is Mitch McConnell running the show in Congress.
