I don’t buy that all these racists that wouldn’t have voted otherwise came out of the woodwork to support Trump.
Neither do I, but I think you underestimate the number of racists if not outright white supremacists that vote for Democrats, and even voted for Obama.
excuse me? why would an outright white supremacist vote for Obama?
Because there wasn’t a white supremacist option on the ballot. The logic is a little monstrous, but I’ve lived in terribly close proximity with white supremacists. The whole belief system is more warped than even the simple level of warped that’s obvious on the surface.
I agree that Republicans have a lock on the racist vote, but I think it’s more of an 80% lock than a 99% lock. With Trump, it pretty much jumped to 100% and Dems needed to make up the difference – which they succeeded in doing, but not in the correct states for the Electoral College.