Just yesterday I heard at least half a dozen lifelong union members talking about how they couldn’t wait to vote for Trump.
Here’s their thinking: they hate politicians. Politicians are lying jackasses who are out to line their own pockets and do the bidding of their corporate masters. Trump is not a politician and his pockets are already lined. Voting for Trump is big “fuck you” to politics in general and they don’t care that he’s an asshole. They’d rather say fuck you than worry about the consequences of their actions beyond the joy of saying fuck you.
And people especially hate Hillary Clinton. They’ve been told for more than 20 years what a lying, despicable, evil criminal cunt she is, and they believe it. They’d rather say “fuck you” to her and her establishment credentials than worry about what the alternative is.
They have no hope that things will change for the better because, in their eyes and ears, things are so much worse now than they were before. Facts do not matter to them. They won’t hear them. They already know what they know and any attempt to educate them or sway them is met with derision and disbelief.
This is what the GOP, Fox News, and the complacency of other media have wrought: Trump will win.