How could so many good people, many of them devout Christians to whom so much of what Donald Trump did, said and stood for should have been anathema, support him?
Economist Alex Tabarrok has an answer:
I think he’s right. At least some voters looked past Trump’s many personal and political failings because their opposition to the left’s cultural warfare was greater.
The alternative they were voting against, wasn’t necessarily policies President-elect Joe Biden was promoting but the divisive behaviour and views of some of his supporters.
They were voting against cancel culture, identity politics and the labeling of anyone who didn’t buy into their beliefs as racist, sexist and whatever other ist the left throw at those who dare to question their world view.
President-elect Joe Biden must understand this and work to bring those who didn’t like Trump but supported at least some of the Trumpism onside.
He started well with a gracious speech in which he offered opponents an olive branch:
. . . All those of you who voted for President Trump, I understand the disappointment tonight. I’ve lost a couple of times myself,” he said, referring to his previous runs for the office.
“But now, let’s give each other a chance,” he said.
Biden has sought to be a foil to Trump’s divisive messaging, telling the audience Saturday that his administration would not be as alienating to those with different political beliefs.
“It’s time to put away the harsh rhetoric,” he said, “lower the temperature, see each other again, listen to each other again, and to make progress.”
Biden has repeatedly said on the campaign trail that he was running as a Democratic candidate but would be “an American president.”
He echoed that sentiment again, talking about Trump supporters: “We have to stop treating our opponents as our enemies. They are not our enemies. They’re Americans.” . .
The cultural left’s clarion calls to division are not confined to the USA but if Biden can quieten them down there, there might be hope they can be quietened down elsewhere as well.
Homepaddock 
Reblogged this on The Inquiring Mind and commented:
A useful contribution and one I have some agreement with, although I would not vote for Trump on those grounds
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