I'm concerned that there is a chasm in our society between us and them that is far more important than even this election, which is incredibly important. I think the Trump campaign is indeed based on misogyny, racism and all that, and I believe that "deplorable" describes just about all his supporters, but I'm not sure that the actual people who are voting for him are all misogynists and racists. I find it hard to believe (and remember, this is Bucks County PA where all the Republicans are moderate and all the children above average) that the people I met at the Trump rally, deplorable as they are, truly believe the shit Trump is shoveling. My point is that we are a divided nation, not divided by Trump/Breitbart/neonazi/fascist values and our values, but by elite and non-elite. I believe that the "normal" people who are voting for Trump, who say they cannot support Hillary on any account, are reacting to something that has become ingrained in us that I'm not sure we can fix.
When JFK was running for the democratic nomination in 1960, the people of WV (where I'm from) loved him. Yet how much more of a cultural difference could possibly exist between him and the vast majority of WVians? Jay Rockefeller, who is probably many times richer and better-educated than JFK, was also beloved of WVians. Somehow these guys were able to connect with (for want of a better word) the lower orders culturally, and work with them to the betterment of our society as a whole. Hillary doesn't have that ability, nor do I in my small part of the world. And this distresses me.
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