Guillermo: Diversity Vote not Enough as Trump Triumphs

After Mitt Romney’s trouncing in 2012, Republicans actually envisioned a “new” inclusive party as RNC officials unveiled a plan for a more diverse GOP it dubbed, the “Growth and Opportunity Project.”

Then it all got trumped by The Donald, who changed the equation—for everyone.

The nation’s diversity tidal wave was once again more of a dominant force for Democrats, not Republicans, this election, at least based on the surge in early voting, with more Latinos and Asian Americans voting than in 2012.

But Trump’s candidacy unveiled large fissures elsewhere in the electorate.

Those cracks weren’t based on race, gender or age. They were along different lines: class-based, rural vs. urban, college-educated vs. those less educated.

It made the popular vote for the presidency much tighter and closer than any of the political pros expected well into election night, once again disrupting conventional wisdom.