Does anyone understand Trumps base?

[Chad32]

Have you ever read What’s the Matter with Kansas? it was written in 2004, and it’s specifically pursues the question of why the poorest parts of America. The answer, as Thomas Frank sees it:

: In order to explain to the "Cons" why no progress gets made on these issues, politicians and pundits point their fingers to a "liberal elite," a straw man representing everything that conservatism is not. When reasons are given, they eschew economic reasons in favor of accusing this elite of simply hating America, or having a desire to harm "average" Americans. This theme of victimization by these "elites" is pervasive in conservative literature, despite the fact that at the time conservatives controlled all three branches of government, were being served by an extensive media devoted only to conservative ideology, and had won 6 of the previous 9 presidential elections.

And it really helps that the Republicans really know how to pander to these, well, I’ll let Gene Wilder say it:

Why is Willy Wonka talking to a dude about morons? Is this what he did after he left the chocolate factory to Charlie?