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Jon, are you aware of a "must read"piece that explains Trump's support. With the incredible baggage that makes Nixon seem like a choir boy, I just don't get it. What explains the resentment of rural and southern America? Kinda wish I were back in school to debate this.

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Honestly, Phil, I haven't seen that piece. It's a combination of the "asshole vote"--maybe 20 percent of Trump's support--and rural Americans feeling with some justification that they have been left behind. Trump plays grievance politics very effectively and we're a nation of umbrage.

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