2016 Postmortem

you touch upon a very important reality. People vote their paychecks or at least their concern about their paychecks.

When Forbes magazine tells you the only people to make real net worth gains over the last 8 years re the 1% while the middle stagnated and the lower income groups actually lost net worth you have a condition where the vast majority of workers like your neighbor have an immediate concern.

The immediate concerns about paychecks and the ability to take care of your family will always take precedent over loftier long term idealistic goals.

Your neighbor represents a lot of those voting for Trump, people who didn't care what he said or how he acted as long as he promised to help their paychecks.

Most voters are self centered and vote what they think is best for themselves and they don't much care about the guy next door, net worth and confidence in the ability to secure income are major motivators in every election.

I think your neighbor missed most of Trump's history, Trump is hardly a man of the people nor is he any friend to labor. Your neighbor will most likely be disappointed along with all of the rest of the nation.

We need to capitalize on that reality and work to win back the house/senate in the mid-terms. And make sure we don't lose any more state houses along the way.