Voter Turnout in 2016 was 55.4%
Donald Trump won the Presidency with 46.0% of the vote (vs 48.1% for Hillary Clinton).
Thus, Donald Trump won with 26.3% support of the voting public.
Of that 26.3%, many were former Obama voters who simply did not like Hillary Clinton. Many were simply voting for a change agent. Many were moderates with no strong ideological leanings.
That means 73.7% of the public did not vote for Donald Trump and many of those who did were not doing so for ideological reasons.
Yet, Donald Trump has selected the most right wing cabinet in U.S. history and has been espousing many policies that come right out of the far right wing playbook. There has been no outreach whatsoever to the middle or to the left.
And people are surprised that there are already protests on the streets?
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