Democrats have some 'splainin' to do

"In ... poring over the exit polling, there are numerous counter-intuitive findings that explain why Trump proved to be a lot more acceptable than his detractors acknowledged." For example, "Trump won white women by a whopping 10 points (53 to 43 percent), smashing the conventional wisdom that his candidacy would fuel a historic gender gap. ... Nonwhite voters preferred Trump to" Mitt Romney, Trump won a greater share of blue-collar votes than Ronald Reagan. ... Trump won 10 percent of Obama supporters. ... The military leadership is wary of Trump, but veterans supported him overwhelmingly. ... [H]e won a larger share of the Jewish vote ... than either George W. Bush in 2000 ... or John McCain in 2008." (National Journal)