Robert Reich, a progressive who served in Bill Clinton’s cabinet, went on a tour of the red states. Here is what he found:
“But something odd happened. It turned out that many of the
conservative Republicans and Tea Partiers I met agreed with much of what
I had to say, and I agreed with them.”
Also, Reich speculates about why many of them support Trump.
Good article.
http://robertreich.org/post/132819483625