Trumpers

The independent voters who helped to elect Trump have been the subject of much discussion and analysis. The consensus opinion is that this group felt left out as they watched their good jobs go overseas and only received promises by candidates each year to help solve the problem. While this is certainly one of the main causes there are other reasons. These people felt that they and their way of life was under attack. Part of their culture was ridiculed. Their daily activities were looked down on and some things close to their hearts were made fun of. For some it was their accent, for others the way they dressed, for others their fun things to do like bowling or car racing. Most seriously it was their God and their guns. It is bad enough to take away their livelihood but then to add insult on top of that was too much. Bill Maher recently said that Trump voters want to be like him. Maher made headlines on his show "Real Time with Bill Maher" this week, telling viewers that red-state voters are "so pissed off" because they want to be like coastal, liberal voters.