The more you call white working class voters "racist" the more you will LOSE elections.

[Ell09]

81. Strongly disagree with most of your post

"Just because someone voted for Trump doesn't mean he or she was a "racist." In fact, labeling someone you don't even know just based on how he or she voted is so simple-minded and ridiculous that anyone who would say such a thing needs a brain transplant."

Someone who voted for Trump may not be racist, but they did VOTE FOR a man who had demonstrated the behavior of both a racist and a sexist multiple times during the campaign. I agree that outright calling people racists is not in the best interest of the party.

"MANY people voted for Trump not because of the race politics but on ECONOMICS and/or other cultural issues beyond race. Some voted for him because they are lifelong R's so stuck with their party. Others because they perceive him as a strong leader. Others because they are fed up with the establishment and want to shake up Washington. Others because they didn't like Hillary. Others because they are sick and tired of elitists who don't respect them and because of political correctness on steroids. MANY because they are beaten down economically and Trump is a business guy who promised job creation."

This paragraph is where I strongly disagree with you. I don't disagree with your theory that many people voted for Trump for ECONOMIC reasons, but guess what? That doesn't make their vote any more acceptable. If people voted for Trump despite his blatant racism and sexism because they felt it would help them economically, then they chose their own financial situation over their own moral code or beliefs. That's something to be ashamed of and I expect more of humans. It's fine to not like Hillary Clinton, but she wasn't the only other option on any ballot. If a person to chose to vote for Donald Trump, they were choosing to put the country in to the hands of someone who had spent the better part of six months race baiting and was caught on tape admitting to sexual assault. If you can look past those things and still cast a vote for Trump, that says a lot about you as a person.