Democratic opposition to Hillary Clinton in 2016

Although most Democratic voters supported Hillary Clinton her underperforming in parts of the Rust Belt was noted, but it is not clearly supported that this was due to cross-party voting.
She had difficulties in Appalachia that included Democratic voters. In interviews in the Guardian of Appalachians for Trump the Democratic voters for him cited concerns about NAFTA and coal-mining. An exit poll showed Donald Trump receiving 22% of the Democratic vote in Kentucky, a state she had won overwhelmingly in the Kentucky Democratic primary, 2008. The historically Democratic Elliott County, Kentucky, which had the longest ongoing streak of any county voting Democratic in the United States, went for Trump.
A term for the Democrats who voted for Trump is "Trumpocrat."
There were also more academic or Left-leaning Democrats for Jill Stein. The list section will include people who left the Democratic Party in 2016.
Democrats for Trump
* David A. Clarke Jr., sheriff of Milwaukee County.
* Harlan Hill, political strategist.
* Tom Luken, Former mayor of Cincinnati and former Member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio.
* David Saunders, political strategist and author.
* Andrew Stein, 22nd Borough President of Manhattan (1978-85) and New York City Council President (1986-94).
* Adam Walinsky, A lawyer who served in the United States Department of Justice and as a speechwriter for Robert F. Kennedy.
Democrats for Stein
*Cecil Bothwell - In July 2016, he officially de-registered as a Democrat and switched to Independent, as he would not be supporting Hillary Clinton and later officially endorsed Jill Stein for president.
*Coleen Rowley - She ran for office as a member of Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, which is affiliated to the Democratic Party.
*Susan Sarandon - Actress
Others
* Caitlin Flanagan, An American writer and social critic.
* Douglas Schoen, A conservative Democratic analyst.
* Jim Webb, A former U.S. Senator and Presidential candidate in 2016.

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