Half the country will vote for Trump. What is his appeal?

Dutch Uncle said:
An interesting article that explores the mystery of Trump's appeal to half of American voters.

Half the country will vote for Trump. What is his appeal?

For me, Donald Trump is like pornography — he has no socially redeeming value.

He’s a narcissistic, misogynist, bigoted, autocratic bully who is a congenital liar and dangerously detached from reality.

Yet almost half the country appears poised to vote for him.

Democrats certainly needn’t like Trump, but we damn well better understand why so many people do and not simply brand his supporters as “deplorables” like their candidate....

...Denouncing Democrats as the party of Big Government has been standard Republican fare for decades. Today, slightly over half the country expresses an aversion to a government they consider too big, and almost all of them support Trump. The large minority who look favorably on a more active government reside overwhelmingly in the Kamala Harris camp.

Aversion to change emerges from classic conservatism’s respect for tradition. As Edmund Burke wrote: “When ancient opinions and rules of life are taken away, the loss cannot possibly be estimated. From that moment, we have no compass to govern us, nor can we know distinctly to what port to steer.”...

...Moreover, voters seem to recall a successful pre-COVID economy under Trump. Almost two-thirds tell pollsters the Trump economy was good. As President Obama reminds us, it was his economy, not Trump’s. But Trump benefits from having been seated in the Oval at the time.

Trump’s appeal was sealed by his authenticity — never a word I would associate with the former president.

But by giving voice to the concerns of his constituents, saying aloud what they said only in private and by being willing to suffer the opprobrium of the establishment for doing so, Trump proved to his followers that he really meant it — that he was authentic.

Despite the appeals, Trump’s weaknesses are legion, and he can be defeated. But no one should underestimate the challenge or the wellsprings of his support.
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I am going to use Mitch McConnell as an example of the REPUBICGLANS! He has said in the past that Donald Trump was Despicable, Stupid, Unfit for Public OFFICE, and was the blame for the 1/6 riot and insurrection, and that he clearly lost the 2020 election and was just a sore loser. But then, turned around and said that, because Donald Trump was the Republican Candidate, he is going to vote for Donald Trump.

REPUBLICLANS do not care how DESPICABLE, How STUPID, or How UNFIT FOR OFFICE their candidates are- THEY WILL PUT THEIR HATEFUL POLITICS , THEIR HATRED TOWARD DEMOCRATS, THEIR DISREGARD FOR WOMEN AND THEIR RIGHTS, AND THEIR HATRED AIMED AT MINORITIES, ABOVE THEIR COUNTRY.

REPUBLICANS HAVE BECOME, AND MAY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN, THE UGLY AMERICANS!

THE REAL REPUBLICANS HAVE SHOWN WHAT THEY TRULY ARE- AND IT IS UGLY AND DESPICABLE- SHAMEFUL- UNACCEPTABLE- AND UN-AMERICAN!
 
Geeko Sportivo said:
I am going to use Mitch McConnell as an example of the REPUBICGLANS! He has said in the past that Donald Trump was Despicable, Stupid, Unfit for Public OFFICE, and was the blame for the 1/6 riot and insurrection, and that he clearly lost the 2020 election and was just a sore loser. But then, turned around and said that, because Donald Trump was the Republican Candidate, he is going to vote for Donald Trump.

REPUBLICLANS do not care how DESPICABLE, How STUPID, or How UNFIT FOR OFFICE their candidates are- THEY WILL PUT THEIR HATEFUL POLITICS , THEIR HATRED TOWARD DEMOCRATS, THEIR DISREGARD FOR WOMEN AND THEIR RIGHTS, AND THEIR HATRED AIMED AT MINORITIES, ABOVE THEIR COUNTRY.

REPUBLICANS HAVE BECOME, AND MAY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN, THE UGLY AMERICANS!

THE REAL REPUBLICANS HAVE SHOWN WHAT THEY TRULY ARE- AND IT IS UGLY AND DESPICABLE- SHAMEFUL- UNACCEPTABLE- AND UN-AMERICAN!
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And you're a filthy lizard. So what's your point?
 
IBDaMann said:
I see that you have abandoned all hope of being able to support Kamala.
I see that you have abandoned all hope of being able to validly criticize Trump.
I see that all you have left is to bash We the People for not being pathetic losers like you.
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Lol you need to get those eyeballs checked, Son, 'cause you ain't seeing shit.
 
Dutch Uncle said:
Your hatred of anything left of Trump is well known, Terry.

IMO, all hate is fear based. For American men, mostly elderly men, that fear is often death based. Is that your fear, Terry?

Do you have regrets and fear final judgment? If so, why not just make amends? Contact the people and say, "I'm sorry"?

Is it because you fear looking weak? Are you wearing a mask, Terry? A mask to avoid being "real"?
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DON'T TRY TO BLAME YOUR HATRED ON ANYBODY ELSE, SYBIL!
 
Geeko Sportivo said:
I am going to use Mitch McConnell as an example of the REPUBICGLANS! He has said in the past that Donald Trump was Despicable, Stupid, Unfit for Public OFFICE, and was the blame for the 1/6 riot and insurrection, and that he clearly lost the 2020 election and was just a sore loser. But then, turned around and said that, because Donald Trump was the Republican Candidate, he is going to vote for Donald Trump.

REPUBLICLANS do not care how DESPICABLE, How STUPID, or How UNFIT FOR OFFICE their candidates are- THEY WILL PUT THEIR HATEFUL POLITICS , THEIR HATRED TOWARD DEMOCRATS, THEIR DISREGARD FOR WOMEN AND THEIR RIGHTS, AND THEIR HATRED AIMED AT MINORITIES, ABOVE THEIR COUNTRY.

REPUBLICANS HAVE BECOME, AND MAY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN, THE UGLY AMERICANS!

THE REAL REPUBLICANS HAVE SHOWN WHAT THEY TRULY ARE- AND IT IS UGLY AND DESPICABLE- SHAMEFUL- UNACCEPTABLE- AND UN-AMERICAN!
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DON'T TRY TO BLAME DEMOCRAT HATRED ON ANYBODY ELSE, SYBIL!
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
And alsotoo, retrieved just now from 538:

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Still, it's rather pathetic and scary that it's even that close! WTF is the matter with people voting for a guy who consistently being exposed for a POS?
 
Ross Dolan said:
He appeals to that percentage of the American public to whom Adolf Hitler would have appealed. The ignorant, bigoted masses of people who inhabit every population.

He is disgusting...and all of those people who will vote for him should be ashamed of themselves. Lucky for them their ignorance.
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Unfortunately, bigotry is universal ... rich, poor, ivy league educated or high school drop out ... all can carry the disease that has been congenital in America since it's inception.
 
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