I grew up in Redneckistan. I still live on the outskirts, and the Trump supporters I know are not homogeneously:
- Anti-gay
- Christian fundies
- Klan sympathizers
- Misogynists
- Fans of trashing the planet
In fact, they’re not a whole bunch of things that those of us here on the left (including me) have jokingly or in all seriousness stereotyped them to be. The “All white Trump supporters are racist assholes” caricature might be comforting, but it is a caricature nonetheless. As such there are nuggets of truth wrapped in a whole bunch of intellectual laziness.
I have no catalog of all the reasons my family and neighbors voted for Trump. Neither do you, and let’s not pretend otherwise. Going forward, many of them are going to find out too late that they voted for exactly the corruption they thought they were voting against, and when they figure it out they are going to be truly pissed. Just maybe, when they come to that inevitable conclusion, not treating them like universally racist assholes might be beneficial in gaining their support.
But heck, stereotypes are more fun.