Holy shit. That chart is amazing. And heartening. And I guess I diminish the "get out for weed" vote, because I live in a weed-friendly state. It's just not a Thing anymore to me. (Or my immediate circle.) Good catch on that one...
What's funny to me is the same people who laugh and point at the divided Republican party somehow see it as an unstoppable juggernaut when they consider the Democrats. Clinton has been the obvious nominee since 2012. Sanders made a hell of a run at it and good on 'im but it's kind of amazing that Clinton's nomination was ever even vaguely in doubt. On the other hand, Not. A Single. Former President. is endorsing Trump. None of them went to the convention. At the glee-club unifying rally, Trump's biggest rival basically told him to get stuffed. The Koch brothers are sitting it out. Bloomberg, the Republican Dark Horse White Knight, endorsed the other party. Yet Michael Moore brings up "grass roots" and people lap it up like it makes sense.
That has always been the case, though. The R's are a fucking machine. They have this shit wired. On the other hand, all you ever needed to do to destroy the Democratic party is put two of them in a room together. This election cycle has broken that decades-long narrative, though, and now the R's can't find their ass with both hands. What's funny to me is the same people who laugh and point at the divided Republican party somehow see it as an unstoppable juggernaut when they consider the Democrats.
And that all plays into the trump narrative. US vs them the 1% vs the rest of America. For a lot of people the sanders vote wasn't an endorsement of sanders it was a not Clinton vote. You underestimate how pissed off people are and now many there are. See brexit