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Obviously, there's a lot of racist, misogynist, Islamophobic, transphobic, and toxic bullshit floating through the American id right now.

Trump played to people's bigotries and status anxieties over the economy and a changing culture, but less successfully than people insist, as his vote total actually dropped.

None of these examples are meant to "explain" the election individually. Overall, this was a very jaded electorate who wanted change and the opportunity to punish someone.