Readers continue to remark on this thread:
Exactly. 42%? That’s fracking insane.
Yes, and (in chorus with many others) doesn’t bode well for the future of this country. On the other hand, I do not think they can be conceived of as a homogenuous bloc, but rather a fractured mess. Another:
I don’t think it is so much a pro-trump thing as it is anti-hillary.
Which is something I don’t really get. I was around 30 when President Clinton took office, and I’ve never really understood the profound enmity the Clintons seem to have acquired amongst the right wing. It’s certainly true she’s made mistakes – but then who doesn’t make mistakes when trying to run the government of the largest democracy in the world? To some extent, Bill’s high intelligence, along with his ability to take the issues of the opposition and make them his, makes their hatred of him more understandable; perhaps it just washes off on her.
