Probably that isn't the reason why. Probably it's mostly because Obama was a second term Democrat that the Republican won, as depressing as that may be.
I totally agree, it is quite incredible how people cannot accept that many people who are from different class/job type/social circles utterly hate the current system. They are very frustrated with the inequality, the financialisation of the economy and the way the upper middle and beyond are frankly asset stripping their homelands.
And I fully accept my downvotes which will rain down from the well educated.
I'm not a fan of Brexit but the status quo has profound problems and this is what you get when you keep looking the other way.
I totally disagree with the comment you're replying to, but totally agree with yours. The difference is that afaic attributing the election results to a matter of the opposition's attitude is a form of looking the other way.
Only because Trump's supporters were spread out in the right places. Hillary won the popular vote by almost 3 million votes so I would not brag about anything if I were you. That large opposition force that surpasses all Trump supporters will not go away. Comments like yours will only piss them off much more and if Trump fucks it up even people that voted for him will turn on him on a dime. This is not over my Trump supporter.
If the Republicans overreach there will be a backlash.
>Hillary won the popular vote by almost 3 million votes
And if the Presidential election was based on the popular vote, that would mean something. It doesn't work that way, and everyone knew beforehand it didn't work that way, and everyone involved, most definitely including the Clinton campaign, was happy to praise the Electoral College to the skies when they thought it would tilt the results in their favor. So, as the kids say, let it go. This line does not help you.
>That large opposition force that surpasses all Trump supporters will not go away.
That's nice, but as long as it's concentrated in a tiny strip along the coasts it will continue to be ineffective. I recommend that instead of attacking the other side you start working on converting them to your side. That's one of the reasons Trump won: he flipped a lot of counties that voted for Obama twice. You can do that right back to him, if you're willing to swallow your pride and talk to people instead of sneering at them.
>This is not over my Trump supporter.
I voted for Evan McMullin, dude.
>If the Republicans overreach there will be a backlash.
If only certain people had realized that Democratic overreach could cause backlashes, too, then your party might not be a smoking hole in the ground right now.
