https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-trump-w...1502320256

Article argues that Trump won because he won social conservatives.

"...While the great majority of voters were liberal on economic issues, a small majority (52%) were social conservatives at the top of the diagram, enough to swing the election to Mr. Trump. Only 3.8% of voters were libertarians in the lower-right quadrant, socially liberal and economically conservative. They split their votes evenly between Mr. Trump and Mrs. Clinton.
The crucial differences between the two parties came down to social concerns, including pride in America, immigration, and especially moral issues such as abortion and gay marriage. The social-conservative awakening that helped elect Mr. Trump came when voters recognized that the liberal agenda amounted to something more than a shield to protect sexual minorities. It was also a sword to be used against social conservatives.
The Trump voters might have grumbled about the Supreme Court’s 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision, but same-sex marriage didn’t pick anyone’s pockets and no great political protest followed. That changed, however, when homosexual activists employed their newly won rights to start putting religious believers out of business...."

He won because won more individual votes in the battleground states.

I'm frankly sick of all these analysts that split everyone into blocs. Individual people vote, not groups of people.

(08-10-2017 12:30 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  He won because won more individual votes in the battleground states.

I'm frankly sick of all these analysts that split everyone into blocs. Individual people vote, not groups of people.

The people of States vote to apportion their state's electoral votes.

The only "blocs" that truly matter are the people of individual states.



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Bwahahahaha....I'm a social liberal

another misstep from a wsj journo....

(08-10-2017 01:06 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  

Looks like the two dimensions Trump won in were:

1. North to south
2. East to west

He won because the HRC was a horrible candidate that no one liked.

(08-10-2017 01:06 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  

Looks like Trump won Oklahoma!