Boston Globe: Has an interesting take on why HRC lost the election, " Anyone looking at the 2016 electoral map and exit polls knows there were two main forces that tipped the election to Trump: white working class inhabitants of the Rust Belt upset about a hollowed-out economy, and religious voters, both Catholic and Protestant, who reacted to attacks on their values by voting against the candidate of the cultural elite. "
Lets Get Real:
The above might be true, but have the rust belt States made a mistake, how can President Trump bring back jobs, is he going to throw out NAFTA, and other trade deals, even if he does this, will it bring back jobs, one has doubts. The only way to attract jobs is to make the USA business friendly, cut taxes, make US companies want to build factories in the rust belt, make it a tax plus if they do, for companies that will not move back to the US the Trump Administration should bring in negative taxes against these companies, make the shareholders pay for any slow movement. The old heavy industries are not cost effective in the US, that is why they are abroad, modern Western workers want less work and more pay, while developing countries are just happy to have the jobs. This could be a long process. On the culture side the President - Elect has made it clear that he is happy with gay marriage, and that it is settled LAW. ON abortion he wants the States to decide, so a woman might have to go to another State for an abortion. In fact those women who want an abortion in Northern Ireland have to go to England for the operation. The President - Elect has been clear about this from the start, so religious voters must have been aware, does the economy trump faith, it is an interesting question, have religious voters accepted same sex marriage as a civil right, that would be positive development.
The Democratic Party needs to move to the centre ground, otherwise it might find it wins the popular vote in future elections but loses the White House prize. It should be note that this has happened twice in the 21st Century, in the 2000 election and this year, it could become quite frequent if the Democrats do not understand what happened in 2016.
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