People hate Hillary for a simple reason. And it has nothing to do with her or with politics.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

16. Nope, that's not it.

Many people believe what they WANT to believe, and that's how Trump won the electoral college.

If it wasn't for the white evangelical Christians, Clinton would've won the "white vote" too. Trump won the white evangelical Christian vote by 80% to 16% (4% voting for someone else), and they were 26% of all the voters.

Strongly religious people clearly believe what they WANT to believe -- e.g., the existence of a paradise afterlife without any evidence of such.

The same WANTS can apply to race (an ego boost based simply on skin pigmentation), country (being a citizen of the "greatest country" on Earth) and many other things.

Fox News tells them what they WANT to hear, fundamentally, and provides scapegoats when their faith is increasingly challenged by evidence even they can't ignore.

The so-called "liberal media" is more likely to challenge them, including their core beliefs that make them feel good about themselves, and they don't like it. It's like listening to "Debbie Downer" for them because their tolerance for challenging ideas is low. They just don't want to hear it!

Liberals to them:

Edit:
Scientists are generally trained to follow evidence and distrust what they WANT to believe, and here's their collective political persuasion:
http://www.people-press.org/2009/07/09/section-4-scientists-politics-and-religion/

Most scientists identify as Democrats (55%), while 32% identify as independents and just 6% say they are Republicans.