Trump's German harvest

[King of Kensington]

German ancestry = Midwestern and largely rural Americans

[Filuwaúrdjan]

German ancestry = Midwestern and largely rural Americans

Exactly!

[AmericanNation]

The new Trump 'homeland'
 and the new battle grounds?

[‼realJohnEwards‼]

The new Trump 'homeland'
 and the new battle grounds?

Sorry to burst your bubble, but Clinton won Minnesota, came within half a point in Michigan, and won Illinois by 16 points (it didn't even trend Republican). But I'm not one to keep you from your wet dreams.

[Beezer]

Upshot map:



http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/upshot/how-did-trump-win-over-so-many-obama-voters.html?em_pos=small&emc=edit_up_20161114&nl=upshot&nl_art=1&nlid=74549958&ref=headline&te=1

[Erich Maria Remarque]

I highly recommend this article ^^^

And, in fact, all of Nate's articles

[AmericanNation]

Pulled from the article I think this is right on:

One other thing: Both Trump and Obama made white working-class voters feel a little better about racial anxiety.
They obviously did it in very different ways.
But I’d say that Obama made a lot of voters feel good, even proud, about supporting an African-American.
Trump made them feel O.K. about their “politically incorrect” reservations about diversity, crime and immigration.
Clinton did something very bold that I don’t think she got very much credit for: She challenged many white Americans to question implicit bias, and revived criminal justice as an issue. That may have been a bridge too far.

---- The  non PC  way of saying that is:
Political correctness is killing the country and people are sick of it... even some democrats.
Clinton shouldn't have called everyone---including Obama voters racist--- that is a bridge to far. 

[‼realJohnEwards‼]

Pulled from the article I think this is right on:

One other thing: Both Trump and Obama made white working-class voters feel a little better about racial anxiety.
They obviously did it in very different ways.
But I’d say that Obama made a lot of voters feel good, even proud, about supporting an African-American.
Trump made them feel O.K. about their “politically incorrect” reservations about diversity, crime and immigration.
Clinton did something very bold that I don’t think she got very much credit for: She challenged many white Americans to question implicit bias, and revived criminal justice as an issue. That may have been a bridge too far.

---- The  non PC  way of saying that is:
Political correctness is killing the country and people are sick of it... even some democrats.
Clinton shouldn't have called everyone---including Obama voters racist--- that is a bridge to far. 

"Racial anxiety" is totally unfounded though.