They may have legitimate grievances (and if so, don't we all?), but that doesn't mean that their support of this fascist is any less disturbing.  I am living paycheck to paycheck, but you won't see me punching someone in the face, or voting for a person who wants to create a registry of American citizens of a certain religion.  You cannot really put "Trump aside" when talking about his supporters, can you?  Nor can you deny that, like Bernie's crowds, they really are almost all white, very angry, and not very bright.  I imagine what you found distasteful was the condescension, as I do.  This whole piece was adolescent garbage.  So is Trump's candidacy.

Economic hardship and legitimate grievances?  Yes.  Germans in the 1930s also had legitimate grievances and a much worse  economy.   That neither justifies nor forgives their vile political and social decisions.  At least not to me - but then again, I'm Jewish, so maybe I'm biased about that whole "registry" thing.