Let's be honest. This election exposed the ugly under belly of American bigotry and widespread  ignorance. What a shameful result as so many people refused to disclose their real racism and bigotry to pollsters and pundits. We were on a cruise ship on election day and 600 passengers were shocked into almost complete dumbfounded silence. I suspect that most of the so-called "rural" voters were inclined from the very beginning to elect anyone with a Republican label. Look at a county by county mapping of the vote and see the overwhelming crassness of small town voters. I am sickened.