It is all about class....if you don't believe me ask the BBC

I have long been convinced that this election is a "class  election." Not a liberal vs conservative split. Rather an Elites vs the Common Man election. A split that splits the parties. Families. Friends. People who have lost touch with their working class  roots turn to the elitists who scorn the people from which they came. A common human reaction. You see it all the time.

There is also a very strong unstated racial subtext. Well much less unstated than usual. The injection of Black Lives Matters and the blatant racism of Barack Obama has divided the country in a manner that we have not seen in a long time. Black Lives Matters has demanded a reaction to their demands. Well they are getting it. In spades. So to speak.

Of course this is not only my opinion. Many other people feel the same way.


BBC agrees in article about the election:
"A much more useful lens through which to view this election is that of class. This isn't exactly a class war - that's too European for the US - but it is a class election. And indeed a race election.

In the states that he has won, Mr Trump draws the clear majority of his support from working-class men who are white. People without a college education who feel that the economic policies of free trade and low taxes on the wealthy have not helped them.

And they are quite right. Manufacturing wages in America have been almost stagnant since the 1970s. If you are a 55-year-old auto worker who has lost your job to an immigrant or - far more likely - a robot, you don't just feel left behind by the forces of globalisation and low taxes, you really have been left behind."

The very economic policies that have defined the Republican party for the past two decades have not helped the working class here to adjust to a globalised economy and a technological revolution."

The class divide is what drives the utter contempt and condescending smirks you see from conservative pundits. They don't want to be associated with those low class trailer park people. They will take their votes but they don't want to listen to them. They would rather join with their liberal friends in a cocktail and pursue consulting and commenting gigs that feather their nests.

It is very unfortunate when you see people with strong working class roots turning up their noses at this movement. Because it is a movement. Trump is only the leaky vessel that serve to galvanize it. The Tea Party was the first embodiment of this movement. The elites squashed it. They helped Democrats win to stop Tea Party people from getting to Congress. The Tea Party was the genteel and gentlemanly face of the Movement. They got punched in the face. Trump is a much rougher and vulgar face of the movement. The Elites and the Quislings have their knives out for him. They are pulling out all stops. Their plan is to deny him  the nomination at the convention even if he wins fair and square. They will install a puppet like Paul Ryan and pretend they are doing it to protect the party and the conservative movement. They might succeed in stealing the nomination even though it will much more difficult.

Heres the thing. If they succeed in nullifying the votes of the people by back-room deals they really won't like what happens next. The next manifestation of this movement will make Donald Trump look like Rebbecca of Sunnybrooke Farm. It would behoove them to give Trump a fair shot to win or lose as President. If they want to keep the working class in the Republican party. 

Otherwise this is 1860 and a new party will be born.