Facts … and opinions

Published November 24, 2016 5:03am ET



Do not buy the “America is (now) a racist country” indictment against Trump. About a third of the subdivisions Obama carried in 2012 went for Trump. And there have been no reports of a sudden influx of Klan members into these districts over the last four years. Rather, these were/are classic swing voters disillusioned with Obama era slow growth and attracted to Trump’s anti-establishment messaging.

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