On the whole, Republican voters choose to embrace the tenets of fascism. These folks blame globalism, not technology (the actual driver of their unease), for their feelings of anxiety. Unfortunately, many of these voters, my 89 year-old grandfather included, will carry contempt for such dynamic facets of Alaskan society (immigrants, secular institutions, changing social institutions) to the grave.

In actuality, these conservative voters themselves are the ones who have changed the country over the last 40 years, not immigrants, irreligion, or gays. Our country, the one in which Trump voters older than 55 were raised, decisively rejected the dictatorial nationalist, Barry Goldwater, in '64. The people who were adults in 1960s and 70s had the pride to carry attention spans longer than 15 minutes, and the decency to trust.

(I am not sure my dear grandfather will be around in 2018 or 2020, nobody else in our family in Alaska votes Republican other than to vote for Lisa M., any longer)