How the election looks to Trump supporters. (The Atlantic)
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/07/backing-donald-trump/493619/This is an interesting article by David Frum that attempts to present the election from a Trumpet's viewpoint.
It has it's own strange reasoning but I could see this kind of thinking drawing many people into voting booths that never voted before.
Perhaps 40% of the population doesn't vote and a large portion of them are potential Trump supporters. If a percentage of them decide to join in for the first time it could tip things in his favor. That paired with the lack of excitement for Clinton could mean we will wake up to President Trump in a few months. (I know many of you found the convention energizing but I don't feel that's how it affected the majority of the country. Think of 2008. Hillary does not command the same kind of excitement that Obama did. Trump does, among many of his followers.)
These people couldn't care less about human rights overseas or international treaties or defending the Constitutional. They want someone who runs the country the way they would run it. A leader who makes their own narrow interests the centerpiece of American policy and viciously destroys anyone who disagrees.
Some excerpts:
I don't see much that Hillary can do to stop this. No appeal to logic or history or American ideals will change this kind of thinking. It's based on an ignorant, narrow worldview that derides all the complex checks and balances that keep the world running. They believe a simpleminded dictatorship that pays lip service to their woes will create a new and better world for themselves and if it hurts others, who cares. That's someone else's problem.
The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)Trump is beginning to nose dive. These kind of articles underestimate the intelligence of the regular joe.
Warpy
(111,339 posts)It's why ignorant SOBs like Jesse Helms had such incredibly long careers in Congress. They knew they could count on him to piss off all the people they thought they hated because they'd never met any of them.
Now it's spread to places outside the south, most notably the midwest, now redder than Dixie.
I have no clue what to do about this sort of thing. It's visceral and not open to logic, rational persuasion, or any sort of reality check.
I suppose we'll have to hope we can outnumber them, that they won't want to miss a minute on bible TV or Pox News and be so blinded by misdirected rage they can't find the polls.
Otherwise, they'll just continue to send too many anti American, worthless sacks of crap where they can do the worst damage to all of us.
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)down here. What happened to this country? Is it that we don't teach civics in schools anymore? Is it fear of everything? But I do know this, these people will not bend an inch from their false beliefs. You can not convince them that RIGHT has been hood winking them for years. They think someone like Trump is going to kick some ass around the world and yet he's going to be kicking the middle classes ass. I've never seen anything so pathetic. Well, yes I have. The election of Bushy Jr. But he had a cabal working for him. Trump just makes shit up and people believe him because he has billions. You know, why not listen to the billionaire?
Cicada
(4,533 posts)These noncollege voters get social security or plan to. It's a huge share of their income. They need to understand that trumps huge tax cuts for the rich Will force huge cuts in social security. The republicans will increase military spending. Even if they cut all welfare spending there is still a huge deficit. The only other big spending is social security and medicare. Waste fraud and abuse? Reagan went after it and so did both bushes. And bill and Barack too. There is no more waste which can be cut. So republican sure as shooting will decide to get social security. It's a fact Jack.
And trump voters sure as bell don't want that.
That's what HRC needs voters to understand.
Pennsylvania and florida have a boatload of trump voters getting social security as most of their income.
Kablooie
(18,641 posts)It will effect mainly younger people who don't think about SS yet.
If something doesn't affect the Trump voter personally it's not an issue for them.