23. "trump got black support on par with repub presidents not facing obama." In response to In response to 11
he got about as much as bush in 2000 and less than bush in 2004.
in fact...he didnt 'gain' black support (like its usually characterized). its just that black dem turnout fell from obama to clinton so trumps black support was an increased percentage of overall share.
in general...and its largely lost in a lot of the narration about the 2016 election...trump really didnt perform anything special compared to other recent republican candidates. he actually won less percentage of voters than romney and less total votes than romney in wisconsin.
the final result was really about how much clinton underperformed with key constituencies of the dem base and consistent historical slide of non college educated white voters to the republican party thats been going on for a while now.