re: #333 Scottishdragon

Trump vastly overperformed Romney in many rural counties throughout the rustbelt. Places that Romney carried by 12 in Pennsylvania were going by more than 40 points for Trump. That overwhelmed the blue precincts n Philly etc,

I suppose part of this was after a while that folk on the coast continuing to deride the middle of the country, calling us hicks and rednecks and uneducated and such was just enough for Donald Trump to grab on and wrestle into a victory last night.

I might have opinions about voters in Alabama or Texas or Massachusetts whatnot, but I never, ever put them on line or tell others those opinions.

I don’t know how long I’ve heard the “flyover country” remarks and the others I listed above. Eventually people get tired of hearing it (hence the remarks about “liberal elites”).

Not sure what happens now, but being a liberal in fly-over country that has been so long ignored by my liberal brethren on the coasts, I guess hiding looks good. (I don’t expect to be reëlected in two years now.)