The more I look at this election, the less I imagine I understand. Florida was a surprise Trump triumph — and also voted to increase the minimum wage to $15 1/
CA is very liberal — and voted to let Uber and Lyft keep treating their employees as independent contractors, with no benefits 2/
According to Fox exits, majorities favor a government health-care plan and a larger role for government in general 3/
Yet they seem to have voted for Senate Republicans who want to drown government in the bathtub 4/
Racism is Trump's brand — but he outperformed the polls in large part with Hispanic and some black votes 5/
Maybe the summary point is that although elected officials fall very well on a left-right spectrum, many voters don't see it that way. Or something. And of course the majority did vote for a center-left candidate. No idea what the true lessons are. 6/
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