Sanders: Trump 'backtracking on every economic promise that he made'

[Tom Rinaldo]

47. Some, sure. Most of those however stopped voting Democratic a long time ago

Yes people tend to be racist to varying degrees, often at least partially determined by how much exposure they have to people unlike themselves. I got personalty involved in anti-racism activism starting in the mid to late 60's (I'm white), and doing so changed me for the better forever. But I will never claim to have uprooted and destroyed all of the hidden prejudices that were embedded in me growing up in a white suburban community. There are millions of whites with some prejudices and then there are hard core overt racists. The hard core racists have been voting Republican for years, Trump just gave them permission to wave their racist flags.

Barack Obama got a lot of white working class male votes in economically depressed areas- less than McCain or Romney perhaps but Obama did significantly better in those areas for two election cycles than our all white ticket did in them this time.