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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm an attorney and HHI is over 500k. I like trump. I'll probably say I voted for Rubio or something though if anyone asks me. [/quote]

+1, though my HHI exceeds $1.3mm.  My main concerns with Trump, though, would be his inability to (i) work with Congress, given the failures of the Obama administration in that regard and the obvious cost it has had to our economy, and (ii) attract and retain top talent in senior government positions.  [b]The main draw of Trump is his optimism about America ("gonna be great!"), not unlike that of Reagan after the dour Jimmy Carter ([i]shudder[/i]) years. [/quote][/b]

I think you're onto something. I feel like other candidates (Clinton) are slightly embarrassed of America, whereas he has great optimism. [/quote]

Blue collar whites, so called Reagan democrats, are his main supporters.  I think of them as football fans (NFL, college) looking for something to root for, to believe in.  They hold America (as they envision it) very dear, and have seen it demoralized and degraded by the Obama administration, which they feel does not value the "real" America.  They are patriotic, singing the Star Spangled Banner and saying the Pledge of Allegiance without irony, and likely said a prayer before Thanksgiving dinner.  Their children volunteer for military service, and they don't worry about what schools are in the "Big 3" in their communities, because their children attend the local public school.  "HYP" means nothing to them.  They know how to pronounce "corpsman".  No matter how tired, they know that America has 50 states.

Finally, they are terrific people, the backbone of America, and far too often scorned on this board.[/quote]

Except it's the Republicans that have ruined their American Dream by destroying unions. Their anger is misplaced. And I resent the implication that liberals are not patriots.[/quote]

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