clinton, five million short of barack obama. 2012. six million shorts, six-plus short. the final map still coming in from california. so democrats did not vote or some switched to trump. but the republican numbers the theory some people advocated, some talked about millions of people hiding in the hills to rush out and vote for donald trump. that didn t happen. some people just stayed home. that s true, but keep in mind, donald trump played santa claus delight at the end. do you remember that? he was going into the swing states and being very specific. there is a big picture here and, you know, the whiter rural voters, he was playing to the localities. he was going into philadelphia and saying, i ll bring back, get the navy ships. saying that in virginia beach. he was saying in florida, we ll build the coastal expressway. in michigan, i ll bring cars back. he was dropping goodies around right at that being a traditional politician, promising things. and it works. enthusiasm,
welcome back. there is no one reason why this happened. why this map, drup s america changed so much from this map. president obama s america. anyone who tells you there s one reason is winging it. number of different things happened and this will be debated for years. let s look at a few things. you made that point, pennsylvania red, machine red, wisconsin, red, not since the 1980s and the 19 50u7 have those states voted republican for president. iowa the state that launched the switch. ohio, traditional swing state went back to the republicans daz florida. look here. this is donald trump s victory. that s the obama victory. just four years ago. and four years before that as well. he added indiana. so this part of the country especially shifting to the republicans. now why did that happen? let s take a look at michigan. for one reason, donald trump without a doubt had blue collar appeal.