There are many claims here about who supported Trump or not. Here are a few facts that may surprise you:

Race: R had less support from Whites (by 1%) but D lost even more; R had much more support from Blacks and Hispanics
Religion: the biggest R gains were among Hispanic Catholics and people of non-Christian faiths
Overall: from 2012 to 2016, D lost support in every group (Race, Gender, Religion) other than Jews and Mormons.

That's a summary from post-election data. I wrote it up on my "unusual data" site (with references) here: http://www.mrpete.info/2016/11/10/2016-election-what-changed…

Several statements in your comment are certainly commonly held thoughts... but that doesn't make them *true.* I know plenty of people who have long seen through the propaganda lies. For lots of Republican-leaning people, the general goal is "smaller government" because they know that in general, for most things, government is just about the worst way to get anything done.
It's weird how these working class people are voting for a (likely) billionaire that doesn't empathize with them in any way. He ran on taking away their healthcare, and really tried to do it. He ran on lowering taxes for t…

[Take two :) ] Several statements in your comment are certainly commonly held thoughts... but that doesn't make them *true.* I know plenty of people who have long seen through the propaganda lies. For lots of Republican-leaning people, the general goal is "smaller government" because they know that in general, for most things, government is just about the worst way to get anything done.

Here are a few specifics from your comment (not picking on you, you just gave a nice list :) )
- "Doesn't empathize with them in any way" -- yeah except he has a long history of going out of his way to ensu…