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by jstewartmobile 3469 days ago
It's that mentality that lost the election. A lot of these "red" districts used to be blue not that long ago, especially in the north and midwest.

The modern Democratic party caters so exclusively to urban elites that these people are mostly unrepresented, so they stay home on election day.

It's not so much that they voted for Trump (his numbers were worse than those of Romney and McCain even though the population is larger now), it's that they didn't vote for Clinton.