Trump also benefitted from a similar perfect storm: Many Americans were tired and frustrated with “establishment” politics and politicians that were increasingly being viewed as ineffectual and corrupt; this view was reinforced when, just eleven days before the election, then-FBI director James Comey..…

This theory guided many black S.C. voters in 2008, when Obama was seen as too much of a risk compared to Hillary Clinton. Once white voters rallied behind Obama in the Iowa Caucus, black South Carolinians delivered him the state’s primary election. . ..…

Yet, in their pragmatism, black voters and other Democrats support candidates like Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden partly old, white establishment politicians. ..…

The party had been feeling Hillary Clinton would win White House instead they were dealt devastating blow with Donald Trump's election the presidency, Republican majorities in US House and Senate. ..…