Please stop saying Trump turnout is because of jobs or economy.

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38. It's a mistake to assign all Trump voters to bigotry/racism.

In fact, it strikes me as sort of bigoted/racist to do so. Ditto re: misogyny and xenophobia.

And it wasn't just about jobs, it was about a popular perception that the Democratic Party is a lot like the Republican Party in a lot of ways. This was a populist election. The people who voted Trump and who are not bigots/racists/etc., are tired of politics as usual and voted for the person who consistently harangued about the "establishment". That's as plain as day.

BTW, "jobs" is meaningless among many of those people when the jobs are insecure, low paying and/or part-time, and lack vacation, health insurance and retirement benefits. This election was about dignity and a 30+ year history of doing little to protect that except for Wall Street and the 1%.

There are a lot of us who are lifelong Democrats like me (44 years of voting for/supporting Democrats 100%) who are not going to drop this debate and just go away. Get used to it. Better yet, try opening your mind to others' (especially those who have been loyal lifelong Democrats) views. Losing the Senate, the House, what -- 2/3rds of governorships, and 900+ State legislative seats to the GOP over the past 6 years should tell any open minded Democrat that what we are doing is not effective -- and just blaming the other guy/someone else is not a solution.