Anonymous wrote:Funny to see Italian American New Yorkers and Southern evangelicals vote the same way!

I'm guessing in the Heartland (Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas etc.) as well as Mormon country conservatives are better educated, less populist and see through his shtick?

Liberal tolerance at its finest. Nice stereotyping racist

Midwesterners-- nice, modest, mannerly.

Trump-- mean, boastful, vulgar.

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I don't seem to understand today's development of Cruz and Kasich forming alliance to stop Trump. Kasich is giving up Indiana, and Cruz is ceding Oregon and New Mexico to Kasich. Shouldn't Cruz be doing well in Oregon and New Mexico? They are bordering the heartland states that he was winning? Indiana being close to Ohio and Michigan should be a Kasich territory? It's too little too late.

Have you ever been to any of those states?

Oregon is not an evangelical sort of place. It's more socially liberal and I can see why Cruz would give it up. Also New Mexico is not the same as Oklahoma or Texas. It has a different "vibe" that is also less evangelical, a bit more artsy and less of a Cruz place. Indiana, OTOH, is more conservative and more of a Cruz kind of place. Just because Indiana is close to Ohio and Michigan does not mean it is the same place.

Umm, have YOU ever been to Oregon? Outside of Portland, I mean? This comment makes me think you haven't.

I don't seem to understand today's development of Cruz and Kasich forming alliance to stop Trump. Kasich is giving up Indiana, and Cruz is ceding Oregon and New Mexico to Kasich. Shouldn't Cruz be doing well in Oregon and New Mexico? They are bordering the heartland states that he was winning? Indiana being close to Ohio and Michigan should be a Kasich territory? It's too little too late.

Have you ever been to any of those states?

Oregon is not an evangelical sort of place. It's more socially liberal and I can see why Cruz would give it up. Also New Mexico is not the same as Oklahoma or Texas. It has a different "vibe" that is also less evangelical, a bit more artsy and less of a Cruz place. Indiana, OTOH, is more conservative and more of a Cruz kind of place. Just because Indiana is close to Ohio and Michigan does not mean it is the same place.

Anonymous wrote:I don't seem to understand today's development of Cruz and Kasich forming alliance to stop Trump. Kasich is giving up Indiana, and Cruz is ceding Oregon and New Mexico to Kasich. Shouldn't Cruz be doing well in Oregon and New Mexico? They are bordering the heartland states that he was winning? Indiana being close to Ohio and Michigan should be a Kasich territory? It's too little too late.

Neither of them can win with 1237 votes before the convention.
They are both hoping for a contested convention. The only way that can happen is to stop Trump from getting the votes before the convention.
It’s politics.

I don't seem to understand today's development of Cruz and Kasich forming alliance to stop Trump. Kasich is giving up Indiana, and Cruz is ceding Oregon and New Mexico to Kasich. Shouldn't Cruz be doing well in Oregon and New Mexico? They are bordering the heartland states that he was winning? Indiana being close to Ohio and Michigan should be a Kasich territory? It's too little too late.

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Anonymous wrote:Funny to see Italian American New Yorkers and Southern evangelicals vote the same way!

I'm guessing in the Heartland (Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas etc.) as well as Mormon country conservatives are better educated, less populist and see through his shtick?

New York Italians are plenty educated, thank you very much. Way to stereotype a bunch of groups that are not widely represented on DCUM by suggesting that the reason for their support of Trump is because they are somehow inferior to you. Maybe you need to get better educated about people who are not just like you.

This about sums it up.

Op sounds like a Trump supporter

I don’t think so.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Funny to see Italian American New Yorkers and Southern evangelicals vote the same way!

I'm guessing in the Heartland (Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas etc.) as well as Mormon country conservatives are better educated, less populist and see through his shtick?

New York Italians are plenty educated, thank you very much. Way to stereotype a bunch of groups that are not widely represented on DCUM by suggesting that the reason for their support of Trump is because they are somehow inferior to you. Maybe you need to get better educated about people who are not just like you.

This about sums it up.

Op sounds like a Trump supporter

I'm not sure but could the disapproval with the current political system be reaching a tiping point?

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Anonymous wrote:Funny to see Italian American New Yorkers and Southern evangelicals vote the same way!

I'm guessing in the Heartland (Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas etc.) as well as Mormon country conservatives are better educated, less populist and see through his shtick?

New York Italians are plenty educated, thank you very much. Way to stereotype a bunch of groups that are not widely represented on DCUM by suggesting that the reason for their support of Trump is because they are somehow inferior to you. Maybe you need to get better educated about people who are not just like you.

This about sums it up.

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Trump inexplicably calling Mitt Romney "not a real Mormon" didn't exactly help him in Utah.

Strongly Agree with this -- Mormons would not approve of someone outside the religion judging who is or is not a good / real Mormon. And Mormon church has been making public statements in favor of helping refugees.

Doesn't match Trump's message against Muslims and Mexicans/Central Americans.

No one has mentioned racism. Trump is basically courting racists as a stratedgy. Do now that he is one, only that he seems to be counting on votes from them. I am from the south and the more racist my friends are, the more likely they support Trump. No matter what their income level. Remember, Cruz is Hispanic. And, my observations at my current job tell me that many people in the Northeast are equally as racist, although that doesn't get as much press as racist southerners. Most of the non urban areas in the Midwest are less diverse, and don't have as many races competing with each other for jobs, especially at the bottom of the job market.

Anonymous wrote:Funny to see Italian American New Yorkers and Southern evangelicals vote the same way!

I'm guessing in the Heartland (Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas etc.) as well as Mormon country conservatives are better educated, less populist and see through his shtick?

Here the thing you uneducated idiot, Trump does well with the "educated". Look at the poll numbers. The reason he did not win in those areas is because Cruz does well. Crus is antigovernment, anti-elitist, anti-Washington, evangelistic conservative. If you have ever traveled out that way and say you are from Washington, D.C., people will be openly hostile to you. It's not because these people are better educated or see through Trump, they see Trump as a Democrat, east coast, elitist, gay loving, New Yorker, commie. You want to know why Cruz does well because he courts these people - its God, guns and hate for the federal government(with a lot of hate for the rich(making over 80k a year) East and West coasters.

The Carolinas have bled a lot of jobs . . . in the furniture industry particularly in NC. Those states also seem to get a lot of low wage jobs to replace what has been lost. Arizona has big border issues which Trump speaks about. Every state has some niche concerns and if Trump seems to speak loudly to those issues. If you look at the list and think about each state, it's more relevant than trying to use a broad brush of social minded likenesses. This election is about a lack of strong economic vision for the different parts of this country.

If you look closely at the list, Trump does well in places where jobs have left for other countries. With the exception of Wisconsin (where Scott Walker came out for Cruz) and possibly Missouri (which was close), the other states (except Ohio also), were places dominated more by agriculture than by manufacturing. The other factor is just "how well has the economy done in states"? So places like Texas have had some relief due to fracking and oil and trade along the border. Of course Alaska has oil. They do not feel the economic pinch as much. So they voted for "other than Trump".

Just a thought. I don't think social issues were as important as economic ones. People are putting aside religion for economics. For the most part. In Utah the Mormons are strong, yes. Some of the Heartland has done okay economically due to the agriculture business doing well (Iowa, Kansas, etc.).