yes, this is interesting

Indeed, the demographics are already interesting.

I've been saying for many years already that economic times are bad out there "on the street".  I try to document my opinion with occasional news from the warzone.  Pundits on television and news sites keep insisting that metrics are doing great.  Metrics can be inaccurate, maybe even disconnected from the reality of lived experience.  Can you look at these statistics for "issues" (you'll have to scroll down near the bottom) and say that anything other than economic factors played the largest role in this election cycle? I can no longer accept racism and sexism as the core cause of Trump's support either, although they likely still play a part.  Can you look at these metrics by race and gender and say that racism or sexism are the primary motivator?  As a percentage, Trump gained votes in every segment except maybe black women.

Not all votes have been counted yet, but it looks like Trump won the popular vote, not just the Electoral College vote.  That's a proper "win", the first for Republicans in a very long time.  I think this election was rather decisive.

Maybe someday, Democrats will stop sending annointed candidates to an electorate that's hungry for a populist leader, as I've been shouting into the void for nearly a decade? Maybe someday, Democrats will accept that they have to contribute something concrete (especially economic) to the day-by-day experience of most Americans?  I maintain that my top 4 list of priorities are essential as goals, but leaders have to stop relying on "metrics" (which can be gamed) and start listening to the populace for what they have to accomplish while striving for those 4 goals.

No, I don't for one moment think Republicans are honestly doing any of that either.  Worse, they are actively hostile to my goals.  Once again, however, in many locations "The Unimpressed" are the largest voting bloc in the American electorate.  Appealing to them would change election outcomes.

As a reminder ("Not now, Brian"), we more than once had a potential populist leader who consistently talked about economic and healthcare issues while appealing to liberals and conservatives alike.  That moment has passed.  Maybe AOC can be the next iteration of that needed figurehead?  That possibility, however, I don't have any good feel for yet.