Why did the electorate vote for Trump. Let’s try these explanations:
In their desire to find someone different from the mainstream politician, the voters chose someone different from everybody.
A lot of people don’t have the time or inclination to read the New York Times or the Economist, or even watch the nightly news. They come home from work and want to relax or get into the family routine. When they hear that someone running for President said that he doesn’t like Mexicans or Muslims, he’s going to build a wall and bring jobs back, it triggers something in their DNA that has been looking for a release. Initially they can say, well he knows business so that is what we need. That he declared bankruptcy every time he screwed up and can’t do that once he takes office, doesn’t come into the picture.
Pairing the effects of technology changing at a break neck speed, with an ever increasing economic inequality, the conventional and centrist campaign of H.C. was boring, and had a much smaller margin of error than anyone had envisioned.
Add to this a strong discontent with government and some missteps by Hillary, and some one-off events ,i.e.; Bill on the tarmac, the emails, the deplorables, Weiner, and Comey added to the anything goes attitude that prevailed.
The fact that he lost the popular vote by almost three million votes and yet controls the White House, Senate, House, Governorships and state legislatures is the greatest power grab in U. S. history. Not to mention the Supreme Court.
As great as technological advances have been, they have displaced a lot of workers. Video games and reality TV have dumbed down the country, to a point where there was a disconnect between reality and the election.
It is apparent that the disruption caused by Trump is much greater than his supporters rjbwould have thought. RJB