Democrats are not alienating white working class people from the democratic party nor

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I cleaned it up a bit and made it a thread. I suspect that because I am in a distinct minority on the trade deals it will likely be flamed, if not ignored.

Because I once knew people who were in part of the rust belt, I have been trying to understand how people I knew to be basically good people could have ignored how completely despicable and unsuited Trump is. In this, I am not helped by my family - my parents, all 9 of us kids plus significant others and our voting age kids ALL voted for HRC.

This was so close that there are likely 10s of causes - all of which could have caused it. This does - like 2000 and 2004 include the long term effort to make it harder to vote. A sister in Durham NC spent an hour in line to vote early - knowing the lines would be impossible on election day. This while it took me only 15 minutes in Burlington - and that because I knew 3 people working the polls and ran into a few neighbors as well! In suburban NJ, it was also extremely easy.