After days of researching, reading articles from the other side, articles on why the DNC lost, etc, I am still struggling with a few things.

1) It's often been cited that Obama has ruined the economy and Trump is here to fix it but it seems like unemployment rates are low. We have the 6th highest GDP in the world and we're the second largest manufacturer. So when I read generalized statements that Trump is going to fix the economy, I'm scratching my head. Can someone clarify what he's going to fix? Can someone show me statistics to support this "declining economy" trump is going to fix?

2) I've tried. I really have tried...to understand the backlash against Hillary. I think she's a crook but so is Donald Trump. You don't get to these places of power by being honest. On top of being a crook, he's also a racist, xenophobe, and misogynist. Despite exploring avenues and going back and forth for days, I still come to the conclusion that a vote for Donald trump is a vote for racism, xenophobia, and misogyny. Whether you're directly one of those attributes (the Republican minority) or simply enabling it by ignoring it (the Republican majority, imo), you voted for it. Say what you want about voting out corruption, you're enabling racism, xenophobia, and misogyny (in my opinion). Can someone counter this argument? To me, voting for lower tax rates and more money in your pocket over the welfare of your fellow Americans (i.e. women, Muslims, and other minorities) is not American, short sighted, and unethical. Help me understand why Trump supporters are not racists. I've spent the last week researching it with the hypothesis that they're not, but I'm back to where I am. Whether it's direct racism or racism by enablement or indifference, it's still racism.

I'll acknowledge the DNC lost because it failed to appeal to the economic concerns of a major part of America. However, I feel that acknowledgement is somewhat in conflict with my #1. It also depresses me that economy seems to be a higher value than human rights. Maybe it's my liberal elitism because I've had so many amazing opportunities and I've never known what it's like to be be fiscally challenged.

I am truly trying to make sense of things. I don't want to hate on people who voted for Trump. Hate's a waste of my time. But I can't understand it. I really can't.