The Real Trump Demographic May Not Be What We Think It Is

The Myth of the Trump Supporter: They Are Not Predominantly White Working Class but Rather Anxiety-Ridden Middle Class | Alternet: 

Trump claims, nonetheless, to be the “voice” of the marginalized, and media portraits of working class people who support him have bolstered that claim. The conservative intellectual Francis Fukuyama gave a pure distillation of the common wisdom in an interview with The Ezra Klein Show recently: “The Trump candidacy represents the forgotten white working class that has been underrepresented in American democracy over the past generation,” he said. “So they’re getting a voice.”  

That's wrong on two levels. It isn’t primarily the white working class that has propelled Trump’s rise. And his supporters are far from forgotten or ignored.

Herr Drumpf Campaign Anthem

They Do, They Really Do ...

They just want to burn this country down. Wow ... https://t.co/Fajr4Bwmza

— digby (@digby56) November 4, 2016

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Laika

Remember #Laika as you gaze at the stars tonight. It was exactly 59 years ago now that she made history as the first animal to orbit Earth. http://pic.twitter.com/ZLrLO3N1YC

— Varyagi (@varyagi) November 3, 2016

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Richard Burr, United States Senator (But Hopefully Not For Much Longer)

Richard Burr Says Shooting Hillary Clinton Is Hilarious, Judicial Obstruction Is Awesome | News: 

And if Trump loses, and Burr loses, then oh well. Give it about three years tops before Burr helps form Burr, Bayh, and Lieberman Global Intelligence Consulting, or does something similarly dystopian in which he can make real money and have a bigger say over policy without being forced to pander to voters anymore.

There's a splash of cold water for those of us hoping a Deborah Ross victory will reduce the amount of harm Burr is able to inflict on the country as a Senator.