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To: TobagoJack who wrote (167243)	1/18/2021 6:37:47 AM
From: stsimon	1 Recommendation Recommended By Haim R. Branisteanu Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218598

The data is still coming in to be certain of anything at this point, but it does pay to look at the powerful coalition Chump put together to grift into the presidency. His coalition of the rich, the ignorant, and the stupid, along with decades of gerrymandering at the state level, allowed him to win in 2016 even lacking a plurality of the popular vote. The rich in the U.S. have generally favored Republicans, although businesses often fund both parties especially when elections are forecasted to be close. The ignorant and the stupid used to be more Democratic, with the Democratic machines in the big cities getting out their immigrant vote and the former slave states getting out their racist rural vote. This all changed when WWII triggered a large black migration to the north to work in war industries and was followed by the Republican Party adopting a Southern Strategy. These changes moved a substantial part of the ignorant and the stupid vote into the Republican ranks. The post WWII prosperity in the United States was mostly driven by the destruction European economies by the war, and as those economies rebuilt the competitive edge the U.S. had enjoyed began to dissipate. This process accelerated as the myth of American exceptionalism blinded the country to the rise of Asian manufacturing on a huge scale with low wages and little environmental protection. This decimated manufacturing employment in the U.S. creating an opportunity for the Republicans to scoop up the ignorant and the stupid working class vote in the north as well as the south. Ultimately, this enabled Trump to win the election in 2016. If the pandemic hadn't happened he almost certainly would have won in 2020 and been able to consolidate his power. Trump helped himself and other wealthy interests to whatever money was in the treasury knowing that the rest of his voting base could easily be distracted with racist and anti-immigrant rants. Had Trump been smarter and not as lazy, he might have even been able to be re-elected despite the pandemic. My conclusion is that yes, much of the ignorant and the stupid voting base will still support the violent overthrow of the duly elected government. Some of them will retreat from that position if there are serious consequences for those that stormed the capitol. That has yet to play out. IMHO. Others may have a different conclusion.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (167243)	1/18/2021 11:05:14 AM
From: Roads End	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218598

Instead of pollsters polling along political lines why not acknowledge the behavior exhibited January 6th was normalized over the last year or so? Many participating in the most destructive behavior likely expected there to be no consequences for that behavior per normalization.