yes, they disliked Hillary (through no real fault of her own), and yes there was a racial backlash after Obama - but in my opinion it boiled down to two camps - the 'look at this clown (Trump), let's have some fun for the next four years, how bad could it be' camp and the 'we need to tear down the system and Trump will do that' camp.
Also, we have to remember how good things were in 2016 and how many, many people don't connect policy to good things happening, they figure that things are getting better because that's just the way of things. A lot of Obama Democratic voters were (and still are) young and don't remember (because they either weren't alive or simply not paying attention) the damage wrought by Republican administrations in the not too distant past.
Not to mention that Barack Obama was a once in a lifetime president and voting for him was at the same time historic and also waaaaaay cool.
So, in essence just because we here at DU pay attention does not mean that every person who selects 'D' on election day does.
And thank you for the welcome, I appreciate it.
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