Red Hatters like Trump's leadership/ability to "get things done."

By a 3-to-1 margin, Trump supporters embrace his personality over his policies

Source: Washington Post/Phillip Bump


If you spend any time with supporters of President Trump, something becomes quickly apparent. Ask them why they stand with the president and the first response will generally be something abstract: Trump is making America great again. He’s putting America first. He’s delivering for the people. After eight years of Barack Obama, Trump is turning things around. Some will mention the economy; fewer will mention other policy issues. But generally the theme is that they support Trump for being Trump.

Last August, the Pew Research Center asked Americans if they liked Trump and why. Of the minority that approved of Trump’s job performance, a majority — a bit under 60 percent — indicated that the rationale for their support stemmed from his personality and approach to the job vs. his policies or values. (Most of those who disapproved said they had nothing positive to point to about Trump’s performance.)

On Thursday, the pollsters released an updated version of that question. Once again, personality is preferred to policies among Trump supporters, with a slightly higher percentage pointing to policies and values than last year.

So we see that for a third of Trump supporters, what they like most is his leadership and ability to “get things done.”




More at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/08/23/by-a-3-to-1-margin-trump-supporters-embrace-his-personality-over-his-policies/