For the most part, I think pretty much all of Trump's voter base actually has a pretty good standard of living, it doesn't make sense for them to be hateful without real suffering in their lives.
You gotta remember, Trump's voter base:
-Thinks God wants them to be rich.
-Sees people they admire who are rich.
-Sees that they're personally not rich and starts looking for scapegoats, because if God wants them to be rich then it must be someone else undermining them as the reason they're not.
-"De tuk er jerbs"
-Home invading illegal immigrant rapists are around every corner.
They blame basically everything except the system they're propping up for why they haven't made their millions, or still have to pay taxes, or why they need their guns. Even having an administration that they fully support, they maintain they need their guns in case "the government", which is their guy, decides to break in to their homes and make them all practice Sharia law.
Yes, their lives are nothing to complain about from the outside view. But in their eyes, their "greatness" has been stolen by the unworthy, undeserving masses of immigrants. Their laws are being perverted by perverts and non-Christians. The war on Christmas, "Happy Holidays", etc...
Yes, it doesn't make any sense from an outside perspective. But for them, they've built a culture of victimization around their lives despite the fact they're solidly middle class. And you can't convince them otherwise, because even if you present all the facts, their natural reaction ends up being "Well yeah but if things were running the way I think they should run, I'd be rich now. But I'm not, and that's ultimately someone else's fault."
Christ I have a good friend who has been leaning Right since Trump's election, and he's obsessed with the idea of becoming a millionaire in his mid 30s.
Fuck the Prosperity Gospel. I swear half of our ills come directly from it.