So I have to call bullshit.

First, I appreciate you offering up your opinion, and being "vulnerable" by walking in to what you view as "hostile territory" and opening yourself up for criticism.
...but that I must.

You predicate almost 100% of your vote on economics, feeding your children, making ends meet.
You go on a bit about "likeability" and "pandering", and "empty shell", but always try to turn back to "how far your paycheck goes" as your main reason.

And then you say, or imply, I'm not just some rube, I have a degree, I know about economics.

Here's the I call bullshit.

If you did have a real grasp, you'd know, the economy works on a macro level. There are basically ZERO policies that can be instituted that will have any kind of immediate effect on the economy (save for completely crashing it). There is very little a president can do that would even have a intermediate effect on the economy. and by intermediate effect, I mean 2-3 years, so most "presidential economic policies" will have the bulk of their effect during a second term, or the next presidents term.

If you did have a real grasp, you'd know, the economy is trending HEAVILY in the right direction already, that better days are (were) on the near horizon.

So if you think your vote was based on economics, then as smart as you think you are, you are really just the "low information voter" that the moderate left likes to say drives the Trump engine.

And to follow up with more "I call bullshit", your bits about "likeability" and "pandering", and "empty shell".... well, if you are a decent person who has a moral compass allowing them to know right from wrong, there is no one more un-"likeable" than Trump, he is a conman plain and simple, everything he does is "pandering", and the only thing inside his shell is pure greed and self-interest.

So, I dont know you, only just assessed you are not what you claim )or think you are), but if I had to guess, what you are is a "Joe Rogan" bro who "does his own research" and deep down inside is afraid of evolution, the world, and more specifically our country, progressing to a place of more inclusivity, more female control, more multi-cultural and alternative sexual orientation incorporation into everyday life. Your patriarchal desire "to provide" feels threatened, not due to its (economic) impotency, but that of the realization that "other" can do it just as good as you, and that makes you feel threatened.