I'd break it more along old-young lines than black-white ones. Medicare dumps so much money into the market indiscriminately that it's the primary reason our p

I'd break it more along old-young lines than black-white ones. Medicare dumps so much money into the market indiscriminately that it's the primary reason our per-capita costs are almost double that of Western Europe, even though we do not have universal coverage. That, and as an age demographic instead of a national one, the aged are much much more costly to insure. The coal job remark was particularly poignant. The state of Kentucky has a population of around 15M, but only 6,000 active coal jobs, but you'd never guess that driving around Eastern Kentucky. Many yards, and almost every other car has a strong pro-coal political statement. The heyday of coal must have been something else for them to still be burning the torch for jobs that disappeared a generation ago. They all blame it on Obama when the real culprits have been higher lamp efficiency, fracking, and cheap natural gas.