Good piece Mr. Carey - and adding my 2 cents on Hillary's loss - I feel the national media has unwittingly played a part in all this. For a lot of people who do not feel overly prejudiced, misogynistic, or environmentally insensitive - the absolute non-stop media coverage of racial disparity, whose lives matter, environmental hang wringing, the woes of the LGBT community, and immigrant sympathizing - becomes very difficult to absorb. 

For some reason it all became a "democratic party" set of issues. I think folks are getting tired of always hearing how unfair other folks have it and why it's always someone else's fault and responsibility to make it better. 
 
Another reason Hillary lost is the reason Obama won - the difference in charismatic speaking and the promise of hope through "change" from someone who appears that they know what it really means. Romney and McCain didn't have it. Did Obama deliver? Pennsylvania,Wisconsin,and Michigan said no - and that changed everything.