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Will anyone from the left realize why Trump won again? | TheHill

It is not an exaggeration to state that much of the mainstream media, academia, entertainment, medicine and science, Big Tech, the deep state, the Never Trumpers, the Democratic Party, and other entrenched establishment elites have joined forces to defeat Trump. Of course, they have a right to oppose the president on any grounds. But they should stop to consider what they themselves might represent to many Americans who struggle to pay bills, feed their children and, in some cases, simply survive. 

To those Americans, those who adamantly oppose the president Democrats or Republicans look like the power center that has ruled over them for decades and made their lives miserable. These elites typically preach, Do as I say, not as I do. They re rarely subject to the rules and dictates that they hand down. They have an inside track because they hold the keys to a club that s off limits to the average American.

For anyone who can do the math, the main answer to why Trump won in 2016 and why I believe he will win again on Nov. 3 should be blindingly obvious: Trump went out of his way to expose those elites to the American people as the very problem making their lives exponentially worse. He convinced enough voters that he is not one of those ivory tower elites and can t be bought by their special interests.

As was proved to varying degrees with the last presidential election, many Americans bought into Trump s narrative regarding liberal elites. That s not surprising; human nature dictates that most people tend not to take the advice of those they view as the ones putting them down and keeping them down. 

via thehill.com

Fair points, I would say. Of course, Trump might not win.