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Originally Posted by killer_carlson
I heard a very interesting statement last night. That in raw numbers Trump attracted the same amount of votes as Romney.
But Clinton drew over 5,000,000 less than what voted for Obama.
I think a lot of sanders democrats just didn't vote.
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And I think some of them just switched to Trump. Bernie also wanted a protectionist economy and some of the more lefts with libertarian tendencies went the other protectionist.
But I think you are right.
Republicans voted how you would expect based on party lines and Democrats were a net negative due to being uninspiring. I really don't see any big mysteries. I would be willing to bet that the same people who voted for Trump likely would have voted for Cruz, Kasich, Romney, etc... We heard a louder fringe voice this year because that is what people wanted to tune into (and the Clinton supporters also tried to show it more).
I do think Trump is going to be a disaster though, but this was more of a Dem loss than a Rep win.