They did not go quietly to that dark night

 However you dismiss their mental capacity, the Trump hardcore created the ideological infrastructure on which a mass movement could be built. 

People who belonged loosely to this side of the political system were essentially excluded from public discourse, by the arrogant talking class,  but it just so happened, they didn’t go quietly. They went to the voting  booths however you dismissed their mental capacity, the Trumpers created the ideological infrastructure on which a mass movement could be built. See Trump rallies for evidece