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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump lost most of the American economy in this election
In the modern era of presidential politics, no candidate has ever won the popular vote by more than Hillary Clinton did this year, yet still managed to lose the electoral college. In that sense, 2016 was a historic split: Donald Trump won the presidency by as much as 74 electoral votes (depending on how Michigan ends up) while losing the nationwide vote to Clinton by 1.7 million votes and counting.
But there's another divide exposed by the election, which researchers at the Brookings Institution recently discovered as they sifted the election returns. It has no bearing on the election outcome, but it tells us something important about the state of the country and its politics moving forward.
The divide is economic, and it is massive. According to the Brookings analysis, the less-than-500 counties that Clinton won nationwide combined to generate 64 percent of America's economic activity in 2015. The more-than-2,600 counties that Trump won combined to generate 36 percent of the country's economic activity last year.
Clinton, in other words, carried nearly two-thirds of the American economy
http://tinyurl.com/j2ld9kj
But there's another divide exposed by the election, which researchers at the Brookings Institution recently discovered as they sifted the election returns. It has no bearing on the election outcome, but it tells us something important about the state of the country and its politics moving forward.
The divide is economic, and it is massive. According to the Brookings analysis, the less-than-500 counties that Clinton won nationwide combined to generate 64 percent of America's economic activity in 2015. The more-than-2,600 counties that Trump won combined to generate 36 percent of the country's economic activity last year.
Clinton, in other words, carried nearly two-thirds of the American economy
http://tinyurl.com/j2ld9kj
I know it's a fantasy but in a perfect world Herr Drumpf can be like his idol, Vladimir Putin, and be the dictator his voters longed for and let the rest of the states that didn't vote for him go their own way.. In twenty years the states Drumpf leads would be like Russia, a big gas station with nukes, and the rest of us would be living in a modern vibrant social democracy where the rights of all are celebrated.
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Donald Trump lost most of the American economy in this election (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2016
OP
Ironically, "Upper Volta with missles" is how former citizens of the USSR described their situation.
eppur_se_muova
Nov 2016
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JHan
(10,173 posts)1. Your posts consistently have no chill.... I love it.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,719 posts)2. Because I believe in American ideals
The rule of law
Pluralism
Freedom of religion
Due process
Habeas corpus
Majority rule/minority rights
Trump makes a mockery of these values. This is/was the USA, not some fourth world country.
JHan
(10,173 posts)3. Do your thing , I agree completely. #FullyEndorsed
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)4. Red states are the poorest among us.
Wounded Bear
(58,799 posts)5. Blue states are donor states...
they pay far more in federal taxes than the red states, which receive far more in federal outlays, including social support programs, operating expenses for gov't/military facilities, and tax breaks for business.
Horse with no Name
(33,959 posts)6. and their vote counts less.
There is something really wrong with that.
eppur_se_muova
(36,317 posts)7. Ironically, "Upper Volta with missles" is how former citizens of the USSR described their situation.
Now tRump wants the USA to emulate the USSR and be drained by kleptocrats until it collapses.