Democrats dreamt of an unbeatable coalition. Trump turned it to dust
Getty Images Donald Trump swept to victory on Tuesday by chipping away at groups of voters which Democrats once believed would help them win the White House for a generation. After Barack Obama’s victory in 2008, many triumphantly claimed that the liberal voting coalition which had elected the first black president was growing more powerful, as the makeup of America changed. Older, white conservatives were dying off, and non-white Americans