10-11-2016, 00:40
Jim, be very careful what numbers you read as regards who voted for who!!! Remember all these numbers are done via polls of likely voters before an election and actual voters after but when you consider virtually all polls go this result completely wrong in almost every state, then I am not sure they have any credibility left!!
Not sure how the income lines were split, but I would be amazed if the $50k plus crowd voted for Trump in any landslide form. The higher the income, the more educated and most polls suggest that educated people predominantly voted for Hillary. There was the usual southeast v the rest divide that you always see, the red states as they are called but it seems the Latino vote just didn't get out and some polls suggest that Latino men voted strongly for Trump, something no one predicted.
You are right about the Republican party controlling all three chambers, that could be bad news but hopefully the moderates will prevail and actually have the balls to oppose bad laws and decisions, something we have seen in the past plus a lot of the Republican party don't like trump either so lets hope they stand up to him. The House and Senate are both sufficiently close to only require one or two to make a difference and they are close enough for a filibuster to be an effective tool for the opposition.
Not sure how the income lines were split, but I would be amazed if the $50k plus crowd voted for Trump in any landslide form. The higher the income, the more educated and most polls suggest that educated people predominantly voted for Hillary. There was the usual southeast v the rest divide that you always see, the red states as they are called but it seems the Latino vote just didn't get out and some polls suggest that Latino men voted strongly for Trump, something no one predicted.
You are right about the Republican party controlling all three chambers, that could be bad news but hopefully the moderates will prevail and actually have the balls to oppose bad laws and decisions, something we have seen in the past plus a lot of the Republican party don't like trump either so lets hope they stand up to him. The House and Senate are both sufficiently close to only require one or two to make a difference and they are close enough for a filibuster to be an effective tool for the opposition.