Who are Trump voters? A new portrait emerges. August 2016
Who are Trump voters? A new portrait emerges
Donald Trumps most staunch supporters may not be worse off because of global trade, says a new survey. But they may have reason to be concerned by ailing communities around them.
'A new Gallup survey, based on interviews of some 87,000 Americans, provides the most detailed portrait to date of Donald Trumps voters and complicates the notion that a class of jilted workers has fueled his rise.
The results show mixed evidence that economic distress has motivated Trump support, writes author Jonathan Rothwell, a senior economist at Gallup. His supporters are less educated and more likely to work in blue collar occupations, but higher household incomes also tended to predict support for the candidate. That held true among both white Republicans as well as among a wider swath of the public.
But under a more expansive notion of prosperity one that takes into account the health of ones community Trumpism may indeed be the cry of an ailing America, one detached from the dynamism and diversity of urban areas where older generations are more likely to watch their sons and daughters flourish. And the surveys findings may indicate that even if Mr. Trump loses the election in November, the politics of malaise may survive him.'>>>
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2016/0813/Who-are-Trump-voters-A-new-portrait-emerges?
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)Abortion (holding the Supreme Court). They all but admit that Trump is sleaze, but Hillary, because of her support for abortion, is worse. Short of Trump on tape laughing about he will appoint pro-abortion judges when elected will they fail to vote for him.
Midnight Writer
(21,780 posts)Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)and hating Hillary
Emilybemily
(204 posts)Simple.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)by using Democratic talking points. He stole them at a time when the Republican talking points were no longer viable.
He used ignorance to his advantage acting like a rich guy telling it like it is. He is the inside guy who is going to fix our lives.
None of these followers know anything about decades of turning America into service jobs...they think Obama did it.
So they don't know anything and love celebrity. It's easy to create a Hitler like experience when regular people are suffering economically.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)patricia92243
(12,597 posts)Missn-Hitch
(1,383 posts)He has a flock ready to tune in daily. Talk about a cash cow!!
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)of ignorance and toxic masculinity.