overseas, just didn t not ring true. those were a lot of the books that were still being written. and you can see that often writers would interpret the white working class in manners that don t tell neatly with their larger world views why trump was elected. there was this extraordinary case where i encountered two books written the same year. it was in pennsylvania. this guy named harry. who had been a long time democrat, adel kate to the 92 clinton convention. and who switched to voting for donald trump. one vote he was a straight up populist. the whole reason he voted for trump because he didn t like trade deals and like the push s or the clinton s.