A lot of it is backlash against all this political correctness that's going on.

[Bernie] Sanders tapped into that [trade issues]; that was part of his support. And then when he didn't make it, some of those Sanders people went to [Donald] Trump.

The [Democratic] party's become an urban party, and they don't get rural America. They don't get agriculture.

What's happened is the Republicans have been smart.

It was clear that [the number] just kept growing, and there were no [Hillary] Clinton signs. People were fed up.

[People] think [the government is] coddling people, like when people's feelings are hurt at the colleges and they send somebody in to make them feel better. Stuff like that drives [voters here] crazy.

I always run ahead of the ticket [compared to Democratic presidential candidates]. But this time there were a lot of people that just voted party line, a lot more than usual.