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No, it's the economy, stupid.
Racism and bigotry are just the keys that they dangle to keep people distracted. But it is not why people vote. Trump voters actually believe he is going to make America great again. It's stupid, but you have to consider how non-existent the Dem's alternative vision is.
Trump literally won in 2016 with a good economy. He got 74 million votes in 2020 and barely lost with a bad economy. It’s not the economy.
Last year there were numerous articles about how the economy was doing so well but average people were extremely pessimistic. This confusion and divide highlights why it is and always will be about the economy. The economy is extremely unequal. When it's good, people don't realize it because nothing changes for them. Boiling it down to "good" and "bad" economy is exactly the myopic viewpoint the Dems have and why they will continue to lose.