Dr.Traveler
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Ok. I knew he was doing well in the Rust belt, hence the expectation he's taking Ohio and the fact it's moved out of the tipping point position it usually has. I hadn't noticed the Unions at all this election. I'd chalked that up to the fact the last 8 years have been rough for Unions at the state level. In a lot of states the Unions are effectively broken.Total Aside: Is populist the right word for Trump?2008 and 2012 rules don't apply to a populist wave like we are seeing.
I'd agree with that during the GOP primaries as Trump had clearly tapped into something that was galvanizing a plurality of GOP voters. But in the general Trump hasn't proven to be all that populist. He's not pulling from the DNC ranks of voters. He's not reaching across demographic lines. There's a lot of evidence that he's got maybe 40% of the electorate that really like him, and the rest either hate him or are lukewarm.
So I'm not sure populist is the right word here. His followers are clearly VERY fired up to support him, the problem is that his followers are just about it. I'd think that in this election, a true populist would have caught fire in the electorate and that just hasn't happened.
I think he is pulling in the Rust Belt area rank and file union people, to me it explains the lack of Loud and Out Union support for Hillary.
He is a Populist, but one with a ton of baggage which in a normal election would preclude his even coming close to winning, but again, this is a weird election.