The Silicon Valley Billionaires Steering Trump's Transition
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So they voted for a billionaire, who has billionaires in preparing the government and at least 11 picks for strategic positions after who are billionaires themselves, have billionaire spouses or are within touching distance of that threshold.
Ignorance, emotion, identity politics, and good showmanship are more than enough to explain voter irrationality.
Polls also reduce the nuance of situations vastly.
I'm frustrated by polls, in short.
Some, but not all, of those voters also feared what Trump would do if he lost to a black woman prosecutor.
Being powerful means being a billionaire, and to Trump’s base the election was about power.