Why did so much of middle America vote Trump? J.B. Akers says it’s too simple to write it off to racism and misogyny. Akers is a West Virginia lawyer whose blog post on the Trump election went viral. It’s called, “Trump Won and I Don't Understand Why You Don't Understand.” Akers said he was motivated to write the essay after reading the reaction of his more cosmopolitan friends on social media. People here are not stupid, he argues. Nor do they condone everything Trump said during the campaign.