It seems to me that there are three groups of people

by CK08, Wednesday, October 31, 2018, 12:10 (2709 days ago) @ domer.mq

1) People who get really upset about "political correctness," mainly because the people that espouse political correctness can be really annoying, and also because political correctness keeps changing and sometimes goes over the top. These people aren't really bigots, but... Sociology PHDs with a lack of PR skills, combined with Fox News making it seem like those Sociology PHDs have actual importance or power, combined with many of these people actually being pretty economically comfortable, results in these people voting as a way to fight back in the culture war, and not with regard to their economic interests. These people voted for Trump and are now part of the GOP base.

2) People who don't care about the culture war, but are culturally conservative and live in places that economic decisions made on the coasts have hurt (and were maybe personally impacted by those decisions). These people voted for Trump but are very willing to vote Democrat, particularly downballot, and appear poised to do so this year.

3) Actual racists and bigots, who are emboldened by Trump, who is emboldened by the support of Groups 1 and 2, which creates a vicious cycle, frequently including violence.

Just as cultural liberals don't understand how they angered Group 1, Group 1 doesn't understand how they emboldened Group 3. Group 2 isn't really paying attention to any of these groups, and is just hoping to get a pay raise at some point.

And Trump understands none of this. He just understands that if he parrots Fox News, the people at his rallies cheer.