North Texas Trump, Clinton Supporters React To Trump Win
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NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) - The long campaign between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton expanded the divide in the country, but President-elect Trump said he'll be a president for everyone.
"I will be president of all Americans and this is so important to me," said Trump during his victory speech early Wednesday morning. "For those who have chosen not to support me in the past, of which there were a few people, I'm reaching out to you for your guidance and your help so we can work together and unify our great country."
Some Clinton supporter said the results have them in mourning. One Clinton volunteer said Democrats need to do some soul-searching.
Marjorie Asturias of Irving volunteered and spent her own money to campaign for Clinton in North Carolina. She said Democrats need to figure out how they miscalculated what half of the American people wanted this election year.
Trump not only won all of the states Mitt Romney won in 2012, but added Florida, Ohio and much of the upper mid-west including Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
Trump's supporters said their candidate's message on jobs and the economy resonated.
"He found an issue within the American public and he addressed it specifically about job security and American sovereignty," said Trump supporter Wayne Richard. "He addressed those issues, things that were important to the American public."
Richard credited the many Trump volunteers who helped with the campaign and said he wasn't surprised Trump won because of the large crowds he attracted to his rallies.
Asturias said she is disappointed the Clinton campaign failed to reach a key segment of voters.
"I think we were the victims of our own self-made echo chamber," said Asturias. "We didn't have enough empathy and compassion to reach out to those people. White working class voters were our base, so how did we lose them?"
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