Nope. What we just saw was the election of a third party candidate. While Trump appeared to be running as a Republican, in reality he beat the real Republican candidate, Jeb Bush, in the primaries, and the Democratic candidate, Clinton, in the general election. This election was all about the rejection of the "same old same old". There are a lot of fed up people out there and they rejected the career politicians. Quite amazing.
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Originally Posted by Guest
I think that Trump's victory was due more to the increase in Obamacare premiums than anything else.
Forty percent of the country were going to vote for Trump no matter what and forty percent were going to vote for Hillary no matter what. Three or four per cent were going to vote for one of the minor party candidates. That leaves six or seven per cent of the voters that needed to make up their minds. When they received health care premium notices with 25% to 116% increases in their premiums along with increases in deductibles they saw the writing on the wall and most went for the repeal of Obamacare.
Most people will vote based on their principles, but when their pocketbooks get adversely affected, it's a new game.
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