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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 09:17 AM Nov 2017

Trump voters: We'd do it again

Source: Politico




Among those who voted for the president, there are few regrets. But there are questions about whether he'll even finish his four-year term.

By STEVEN SHEPARD 11/09/2017 05:01 AM EST

One year after the 2016 presidential election, the vast majority of Donald Trump voters have no regrets.

According to a POLITICO/Morning Consult poll conducted on the eve of the first anniversary of Trump's historic election, 82 percent of those who say they supported Trump last year would vote for him again if they had to do it over. That's slightly more than those who say they would vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton again — 78 percent — if they had the chance. Only 7 percent of Trump voters and 8 percent of Clinton voters say they would vote for a different candidate if they could complete their 2016 ballot again.

Trump’s supporters have largely rallied around the president, despite his poor overall approval ratings, the chaos of his first year in office and the ongoing investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

But there are worrying signs for Trump that voters are less inclined to give him a second term three years from now if he decides to run for reelection.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/09/trump-voters-polling-election-244644

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Trump voters: We'd do it again (Original Post) DonViejo Nov 2017 OP
I'm not surprised. no_hypocrisy Nov 2017 #1
All the ones I met 50 years ago, Cold War Spook Nov 2017 #11
I won't go as far as saying these people deserve to die... Va Lefty Nov 2017 #2
their brains must have bluestarone Nov 2017 #3
Can't fix terminally stupid Zorro Nov 2017 #4
You can't. You really can't. nt jrthin Nov 2017 #5
That's it in a nutshell SnowCritter Nov 2017 #10
That's cognitive dissonance for you. Dave Starsky Nov 2017 #6
Article is a long version of this LBJ quote: muntrv Nov 2017 #7
Right-wing authoritarianism. Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2017 #22
They traded everything for White Supremacy, and they would do it again. PubliusEnigma Nov 2017 #8
They sure picked a dumb fuck, orange a-hole of a white supemacist to follow. brush Nov 2017 #9
I won't be here to see it, Cold War Spook Nov 2017 #12
BS bluestarone Nov 2017 #18
No really Cold War Spook Nov 2017 #25
sry if i mistook ur comment but i thought you were bluestarone Nov 2017 #28
No apology needed. Cold War Spook Nov 2017 #29
Revisionism much? rocktivity Nov 2017 #13
I expect nothing more heaven05 Nov 2017 #14
The True Believers are shrinking in number... BlueIdaho Nov 2017 #15
Stupid is as stupid does...but there are not enough of you! TRUMP LOSERS. Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #16
Cult brainwashed kimbutgar Nov 2017 #17
People who voted for trump are idiots Gothmog Nov 2017 #19
oh yea bluestarone Nov 2017 #20
Personality cultists... LudwigPastorius Nov 2017 #21
Their main reason to vote for Donnie Short Fingers maxrandb Nov 2017 #23
Trump voters were ill-informed voters on election day of last year. hamsterjill Nov 2017 #24
People who did vote for him and regret it will not self-identify as having done something very dumb. FreeStateDemocrat Nov 2017 #26
I spoke to a Trump voter today who is filled with regret. madaboutharry Nov 2017 #27
Or don't want to admit they actually voted for him. LisaL Nov 2017 #30
Two reasons for focusing on DEM TURNOUT rather than "winning" Trump voters: CakeGrrl Nov 2017 #31
totally bluestarone Nov 2017 #32
First Commandment of Karl Rove: HughBeaumont Nov 2017 #33

no_hypocrisy

(46,110 posts)
1. I'm not surprised.
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 09:21 AM
Nov 2017

When I was in Germany 20 years ago, I met unrepentant Nazis. They had secret gatherings in the woods, where they sang Nazi songs from the Thirties. They had hidden "museums" in the basements of their homes with Nazi memorabilia. They wanted to deport the Turkish immigrants they invited into Germany to do menial labor. My guess was/is that Hitler returned, they'd give him their full support.

 

Cold War Spook

(1,279 posts)
11. All the ones I met 50 years ago,
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 10:48 AM
Nov 2017

wanted me to know that they spent the entire war on their eastern front.

Va Lefty

(6,252 posts)
2. I won't go as far as saying these people deserve to die...
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 09:32 AM
Nov 2017

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but the world would certainly be a better place if they did.

SnowCritter

(810 posts)
10. That's it in a nutshell
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 10:37 AM
Nov 2017

Ignorance can be fixed by education, but there's not a whole lot you can do about stupidity.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
6. That's cognitive dissonance for you.
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 10:00 AM
Nov 2017

No one wants to see themselves as a duped idiot or think that they completely wasted their time, so they just double down on dumbfuckery. It takes a lot of self-confidence and fearless self-examination to overcome that.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,854 posts)
22. Right-wing authoritarianism.
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 01:48 PM
Nov 2017

It's extremely odd to me, but apparently some people have personalities that push them to fight hard for established social hierarchies (all over the world).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_authoritarianism

Trump received a lot of support from them in the GOP primaries and the general election.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/01/donald-trump-2016-authoritarian-213533

 

Cold War Spook

(1,279 posts)
12. I won't be here to see it,
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 10:53 AM
Nov 2017

but something really bad is going to happen in about 30 years when White people find out that they are now a minority and if Blacks and Browns can form a coalition, no more White government.

 

Cold War Spook

(1,279 posts)
29. No apology needed.
Fri Nov 10, 2017, 02:17 PM
Nov 2017

It is easy to see my original either way. No, I definitely do not support White Supremacy and have never supported any group like that. The hate I see now keeps bringing to mind pictures and videos of Germany in the 30s. If you have not seen the movie CABARET, watch one song that I am afraid could be sung here soon, TOMORROW BELONGS TO ME.

rocktivity

(44,576 posts)
13. Revisionism much?
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 11:01 AM
Nov 2017

Trump was elected by the electoral college -- Trump voters were outvoted by Hillary voters, remember? That is to say, Trump voters didn't do it before.


rocktivity

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
14. I expect nothing more
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 11:04 AM
Nov 2017

from this idiot, racist rabble rolling around in the 'mud' that trump leaves EVERYWHERE he goes...fuck a goddamn idiot like a trump voter....may they all end up IN HELL!!!!!!!!

BlueIdaho

(13,582 posts)
15. The True Believers are shrinking in number...
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 11:13 AM
Nov 2017

Not much you can do about zealots, but soon they may be such a small number they will become irrelevant.

LudwigPastorius

(9,145 posts)
21. Personality cultists...
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 01:44 PM
Nov 2017

These are the same sort of people who would gladly watch their man send their neighbors into the ovens.

maxrandb

(15,330 posts)
23. Their main reason to vote for Donnie Short Fingers
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 04:44 PM
Nov 2017

Was because he promised to hurt people that they wanted hurt.

Fuck any mother fucker who tells me I need to "reach out" or "understand" these pricks

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
24. Trump voters were ill-informed voters on election day of last year.
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 05:48 PM
Nov 2017

The fact that they've not become enlightened in a whole year says a lot about their intelligence in my opinion. Stubborn loyalty to a man who would allow any one of them to die if it meant he could make a buck. And they don't get it!!!

I have no time for that kind of stupidity in my life. Too many other people who actually care about what America's contributions and obligations are for the rest of the world.

 

FreeStateDemocrat

(2,654 posts)
26. People who did vote for him and regret it will not self-identify as having done something very dumb.
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 06:16 PM
Nov 2017

You are only getting the willfully ignorant that like being in a bag of hammers so much they would be stupid enough to say they would do it again.

The latest Gallup pole gave him a 37% approval rating and that will never get you re-elected.

madaboutharry

(40,211 posts)
27. I spoke to a Trump voter today who is filled with regret.
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 06:24 PM
Nov 2017

This person now thinks Trump is an idiot and becomes a bigger idiot with each passing day. He would never vote for him again and told me he knows others who feel the same way and doesn't understand who the people are that are giving Trump an approval rating still in the 30's. I think it all depends on who you're talking to. Maybe the remorseful Trump voters don't want to respond to questioning.

CakeGrrl

(10,611 posts)
31. Two reasons for focusing on DEM TURNOUT rather than "winning" Trump voters:
Fri Nov 10, 2017, 02:23 PM
Nov 2017

You will not convert the Trump "true believers". There's nothing he could do to lose their support.

Former Trump supporters who are remorseful and admit to it already do get it.

The focus needs to be on getting Dems turned out everywhere they way they did in VA.

bluestarone

(16,940 posts)
32. totally
Fri Nov 10, 2017, 02:45 PM
Nov 2017

agree this is a must for 2018 and 2020! getting the voters to the polls is the most important way to win

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
33. First Commandment of Karl Rove:
Fri Nov 10, 2017, 02:51 PM
Nov 2017
Never, ever, ever, ever, EVER admit error.

Admitting error is a sign of weakness.

That's why there are bumper stickers that have the GOP Elephant and say "NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR BEING RIGHT".
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