Donald Trump lost most of the American economy in this election

[DemocratSinceBirth]

In the modern era of presidential politics, no candidate has ever won the popular vote by more than Hillary Clinton did this year, yet still managed to lose the electoral college. In that sense, 2016 was a historic split: Donald Trump won the presidency by as much as 74 electoral votes (depending on how Michigan ends up) while losing the nationwide vote to Clinton by 1.7 million votes and counting.

But there's another divide exposed by the election, which researchers at the Brookings Institution recently discovered as they sifted the election returns. It has no bearing on the election outcome, but it tells us something important about the state of the country and its politics moving forward.

The divide is economic, and it is massive. According to the Brookings analysis, the less-than-500 counties that Clinton won nationwide combined to generate 64 percent of America's economic activity in 2015. The more-than-2,600 counties that Trump won combined to generate 36 percent of the country's economic activity last year.

Clinton, in other words, carried nearly two-thirds of the American economy


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I know it's a fantasy but in a perfect world Herr Drumpf can be like his idol, Vladimir Putin, and be the dictator his voters longed for and let the rest of the states that didn't vote for him go their own way.. In twenty years the states Drumpf leads would be like Russia, a big gas station with nukes, and the rest of us would be living in a modern vibrant social democracy where the rights of all are celebrated.

[JHan]

1. Your posts consistently have no chill.... I love it.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. Because I believe in American ideals

The rule of law
Pluralism
Freedom of religion
Due process
Habeas corpus
Majority rule/minority rights


Trump makes a mockery of these values. This is/was the USA, not some fourth world country.

[JHan]

3. Do your thing , I agree completely. #FullyEndorsed

[Hoyt]

4. Red states are the poorest among us.

[Wounded Bear]

5. Blue states are donor states...

they pay far more in federal taxes than the red states, which receive far more in federal outlays, including social support programs, operating expenses for gov't/military facilities, and tax breaks for business.

[Horse with no Name]

6. and their vote counts less.

There is something really wrong with that.

[eppur_se_muova]

7. Ironically, "Upper Volta with missles" is how former citizens of the USSR described their situation.

Now tRump wants the USA to emulate the USSR and be drained by kleptocrats until it collapses.