6. But it's also true ppl. who feel things are going wrong politically/socially are likely to think things are going badly economically.
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Replying to @JamesSurowiecki
Subsidiary point: electorate very polarized.Hence Trump's pursuit of GOP base worked better than Clinton's of GOP moderates
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Replying to @HeerJeet @JamesSurowiecki
FYI, she's won the popular vote by 2 mill. He exploited electoral college advantage, by exciting rural racists.
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Replying to @j_salvo @JamesSurowiecki
Electoral College is the system in place, so Clinton's obligation was to get 270 not win popular vote.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @JamesSurowiecki
agree, but this wasn't GOP base vote, this was previously disengaged racial resentment vote. It's minority vote.
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I don't really agree with this. Vast majority of ppl. who voted for Trump also voted for Romney.
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Yes, Trump flipped some Dems and some non-voters, and those were the swing voters. But his message resonated with base.
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Yep. Degree to which Trump got out the GOP base is being under-estimated. That was vast majority of his vote.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @JamesSurowiecki
the vast majority of Obama voters also voted for Kerry. Does that mean Obama is Kerry's heir? No.
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Themes Trump campaigned on have been part of GOP message to white voters for 45 years. He was just more explicit about it
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Yep, and they got him a lower percentage of the vote than Romney in 2012. But Dems sat out in key rust belt states
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No. Look at PA, tipping point state. Higher OVERALL turnout than '12. DJT vote share higher than WMR. D's switched, didn't sit out
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