Why Did Trump Win? Obama
...What really gave Trump his victory is one person: Barack Obama. This election was nothing less than a complete and total repudiation of his presidency, his policies, his "fundamental transformation of America" that he promised and delivered.
Let's go back to 2008, the year Barack Obama was elected as the first black president, promising hope and change, along with a fundamental transformation of the country – transformation that was in the eye of the beholder...
.. the Senate then had a filibuster-proof 60-seat Senate majority, leaving the Democrats and their leader, Barack Obama, with complete control of the reins of power. It was similar to handing Democrats Aladdin's lamp with unlimited wishes.
The first order of business was passage of Obamacare, without a single Republican vote. Republicans were shut out, sitting in the locker room while the Democrats were out on the field...
What happened over those eight years?
Obamacare. Economy in the doldrums. Record-low labor participation rate. Anemic economic growth. Iran's nuke program. Benghazi. Egypt. Syria. Iraq. Terrorism on U.S. soil. An open border. Unvetted and non-assimilating immigrants. A shrinking middle class. Arrogance from the ruling class, media, Hollywood, and academia. Political correctness beyond even what George Orwell envisioned. This is the real Obama legacy, the promised "fundamental transformation of America."
Along came Donald Trump, a brash and at times crude businessman and TV reality show host. Of all the 17 GOP candidates, it was Trump who recognized most clearly the state of Obama's fundamental transformation. He was also the one who succinctly articulated what needed to be done to fix it. Build the wall. Extreme vetting of immigrants. Better trade deals. Corrupt government agencies. Crooked Hillary. Making America great again. Everything the polar opposite of the Obama agenda...
What has Obama's electoral legacy given us? The Republicans now control the Senate, 51 to 48. The House 238 to 193. Democrats control the lowest number of state legislatures in history. The GOP controls 31 governor's offices and 31 secretary of state offices. Republicans have majorities in 69 of 99 legislative chambers.
In summary, "[u]nder President Obama, Democrats have lost 900+ state legislature seats, 12 governors, 69 House seats, 13 Senate seats," according to GOP operative Rory Cooper.
This is the total annihilation of the Democratic Party. As a CNN commentator observed, "[w]ho thought Obama's legacy would be the destruction of the Democratic Party?" The Democrats paved the way for Donald Trump and Republican control of the White House and Congress.
It was the Obama agenda on the ballot last week. Hillary Clinton's corruption was a sideshow...