The Trump coalition as a winning collective.
In 2016, Donald Trump received the support of 80% of white evangelicals and born-again Christians, while Hillary Clinton drew just 16%. Clinton, on the other hand, won 60% of non-evangelicals. One year later, in the Virginia governor’s race. Republican Ed Gillespie carried 79% of white evangelicals, compared to Democrat Ralph Northam’s 19%. Northam carried a stunning 67% of Virginians who were not white evangelicals or born-agains. Of course, Virginia is a committed "blue" state. No one actually expected Gillespie to win that election. In other words, while the Dems cheered the election results, they only did what was expected.
Add in the cross-over vote from industrial unions and coal to the above coalitions, and you have a winning majority within the 49 states outside of California . . . . . . by 1.5 million votes.
That's right. Trump won the popular vote outside of California. That is how he collected 306 electoral votes on November 8, 2016. Of course, two of those electors refused their assignment, but 306 is still 306.
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Seems like you cited the Carrier jobs...
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Trump's tax plan and stock market look good for me (with an income of $100k), hope you make more than $75,000 or you're screwed, and you deserve it. My stocks are doing well too. Heil Trump!
Indeed. Of course I cited Carrier. Because they were busy pretending to be on Trump's side.
DeleteSecondly, Our income is 103k. We don't take deduction. Because of that, whatever deducts make little difference to us. Increasing the general deduct from $12,000 to $24,000 however will make a difference, not only for our tax return, but for millions of folks earning less than $75,000 (where the hell did you get that number). Keep in mind, half the nation's wage earners pay no federal or state taxes.
“We are currently witnessing more than his usual state of instability — in fact, a pattern of decompensation: increasing loss of touch with reality, marked signs of volatility and unpredictable behavior, and an attraction to violence as a means of coping. These characteristics place our country and the world at extreme risk of danger. Ordinarily, we carry out a routine process for treating people who are dangerous: containment, removal from access to weapons and an urgent evaluation.”
ReplyDeleteHow utterly silly. If anyone is denying reality, it is Mrs Clinton and her inability to accept the reality of an election lost. Ditto Barack Obama, running around the world pretending that he is someone important despite the near total rejection of his personal agenda . . . . . still pretending to being "president," and refusing to move as all other previous presidents have done.
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