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What Do Donald Trump Voters Actually Want?


               
2016 Oct 13, 7:49am   14,291 views  43 comments

by Exleftie   follow (1)  

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/08/donald-trump-voters/401408/

I asked Donald Trump supporters why they believe that the billionaire real-estate developer will treat them any better than the career politicians they mistrust.

The dozens of replies that I received from across the United States make up the largest collection I’ve encountered of Trump supporters setting forth their thinking in their own words. And having read through this non-representative sample, I understand the candidate’s rise better than I did before.

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1   Patrick   @   2016 Oct 13, 8:04am  

I agree with most of those 30 people and their reasoning.

2   FortWayne   @   2016 Oct 13, 8:38am  

I can relate to much of that.

3   Patrick   @   2016 Oct 13, 5:37pm  

Ironman says

rando says

I agree with most of those 30 people and their reasoning.

Which ones are the ones that are closest to yours?

Trump is a Corrective to American Culture’s Pathologies––“The preeminence of political correctness among the culture class indicates a momentous shift away from formerly prominent middle-class cultural values towards something entirely different. Even if Donald Trump were to accomplish little in his presidency, there is a hope that were he president, he could in some way alter that prevailing Washington/media culture, and set a new cultural tone.”

Trump Has Consistently Championed Protectionism––“On the two primary issues as to why I’m supporting Mr. Trump he has remained stunningly consistent.”

Trump is Not Rehearsed––“What you see is what you see, all the cards are on the table.”

Bush Was a Disaster and Obama Felt Like One––“All a president has to do is not to be a completely incompetent moron, do a deal here and there, and make sure the most obvious things get done. It is really, really easy. But we can’t get a candidate through the party system that is not a completely incompetent moron. And no, we don’t think Donald Trump is in it to help us. Or anyone else other than himself. But he has his pride.”

A Bernie Sanders Supporter Who’d Vote Trump Over Clinton––“While he might not deliver on his promises, he would certainly be a bull in the China shop of contemporary American politics, which has long needed destroying and rebuilding.”

Trump Could Make the Speech Police Go Away––“I’m in my early 30s and I grew up in San Francisco in a liberal home. And I have a very difficult time keeping up with all the various appropriate and inappropriate terms used to reference people and their causes.Trump makes brash and uncompromising statements about issues many people feel very passionate about.”

4   marcus   @   2016 Oct 13, 7:01pm  

rando says

Trump is a Corrective to American Culture’s Pathologies

Yes, a bullshit artist who is lying constantly is just what the doctor ordered. It will be such a relief to see his setting an example to all the children and the rest of the world, as to what it means to be an great American.

rando says

I agree with most of those 30 people and their reasoning

I don't. I find, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 20 and 26 all umm,...interesting.

5   Y   @   2016 Oct 13, 7:18pm  

Not to be told blatant lies to our face.

rando says

What Do Donald Trump Voters Actually Want?

6   Dan8267   @   2016 Oct 13, 8:58pm  

Exleftie says

What Do Donald Trump Voters Actually Want?

It's obvious. They want all the descendants of slaves to be shipped back to Africa regardless of the fact that those descendants are naturally born American citizens. They want all the brown skins shipped back to Mexico, again regardless of citizenship. They want to continue to import brown skins to perform hard manual labor for slave wages, but they want each of those brown skins to go back to Mexico before they can set down roots or start organizing labor for better wages, working conditions, or citizenship. Then they want to replace those brown skins with fresh ones that are desperate for work and won't make any demands.

And they want to do all this while jacking off to how great America is because it was founded by Jesus, who despite being a Middle Eastern man in the Iron Age, did not have brown skin like almost all other Middle Eastern men in the Iron Age. Finally, they want to fantasize that some day, when all the darkies are gone and not getting government subsidies, they will be as rich as Donald Trump. Of course, that will never happen, but they sure have deluded themselves into thinking that prosperity for them is just around the corner.

Did I miss anything?

7   FNWGMOBDVZXDNW   @   2016 Oct 13, 9:17pm  

rando says

Trump is Not Rehearsed––“What you see is what you see, all the cards are on the table.”

I have mixed feelings on this part. In some ways, it is refreshing to hear things that have not been focus grouped so much. On the other hand, he is extremely repetitive in his speeches, so most of what he says is very rehearsed. He just adds a little bit here and there as time goes on. He has a very informal speech pattern that makes you feel like he's just shooting the breeze, but I think he's very careful about his messaging. On top of all of that, he is very precise about giving vague statements. That is, he intentionally says things that imply A, but could be interpreted as B. Then, he refuses to clarify, because he wants one group of people to think he meant A while credibly stating that he didn't say that when asked about it later. He's also a very practiced sales (con) man with a long ass history of misleading people. So, I agree that what you see is what you see, but in no way do I think he is WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get).

8   Ceffer   @   2016 Oct 13, 11:52pm  

They want Trump to kill everybody they don't like and then grab pussy.

9   Patrick   @   2016 Oct 15, 9:50pm  

jazz music says

America want blacks all in prison slaving as god intended, that's why blacks exist here according to probably about half the whites.

Half? If you're going to indulge in anti-white racism, why not go all the way and accuse all whites?

I guess it feels better to just pick half, because then you can tell yourself you're not really racist. Like those bad white people.

10   Tenpoundbass   @   2016 Oct 15, 9:56pm  

I actually want what Ross Perot and Raulph Nader promised they would do. When they were running on every crazy idea from everything Donald Trump has been saying since 1985.

11   Tenpoundbass   @   2016 Oct 15, 10:22pm  

Psoriasis of the Liver and severe dehydration and diarrhea.
That's just what I can tell from the color of her eyes. She wont release her medical records to give me a better idea of what is going on with her.
But it's not GOOD!

13   bob2356   @   2016 Oct 16, 5:55am  

Tenpoundbass says

Psoriasis of the Liver and severe dehydration and diarrhea.

That's just what I can tell from the color of her eyes

Clinton's liver has red scaly patches? You can tell that from the color of her eyes? That is just fucking amazing. You learn something new every single day on patnet.

14   carrieon   @   2016 Oct 16, 6:41am  

Trump supporters all agree anyone but Hillary will be an improvement. Translated, Hillary will continue the trend of turning America into a 3rd world hell hole.
Hillary supporters all agree anyone but Trump will be an improvement. Translated, Trump wants us to trust him instead of our government check gravy train.

15   Strategist   @   2016 Oct 16, 7:11am  

I think there are 3 reasons why people want Trump.
1. Islamic problem. He is tough on Islam, while the democrats are pussycats.
2. Unfair trade policies. Especially with China.
3. Politicians are not trusted. Trump has been a businessman all his life. People like his non PC comments.

As for his thing about women. Who cares. What he can do to solve the country's problems is all that matters.

16   Y   @   2016 Oct 16, 7:16am  

I see you haven't been to med school...

bob2356 says

Clinton's liver has red scaly patches? You can tell that from the color of her eyes? That is just fucking amazing. You learn something new every single day on patnet.

17   Y   @   2016 Oct 16, 7:23am  

If the women who claim to be victims cared they would have called the coppers right after the event.
And trump would have been dealt with at the time.
Instead, strangely, after decades of smouldering, it all catches fire 3 weeks before the election and everybody remembers everything.
While clinton bribery cash is bankrolled by the state department.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/4/state-dept-misplaced-6b-under-hillary-clinton-ig-r/

Strategist says

As for his thing about women. Who cares.

18   marcus   @   2016 Oct 16, 9:20am  

Anyone seriously considering voting for Trump should listen to this first.

www.LVVRw-OTCLw

19   Patrick   @   2016 Oct 16, 9:59am  

Strategist says

I think there are 3 reasons why people want Trump.

1. Islamic problem. He is tough on Islam, while the democrats are pussycats.

2. Unfair trade policies. Especially with China.

3. Politicians are not trusted. Trump has been a businessman all his life. People like his non PC comments.

As for his thing about women. Who cares. What he can do to solve the country's problems is all that matters.

That's a pretty good summary.

21   HEY YOU   @   2016 Oct 16, 10:23am  

Strategist says

I think there are 3 reasons why people want Trump.

1. Islamic problem. He is tough on Islam, while the democrats are pussycats.

2. Unfair trade policies. Especially with China.

3. Politicians are not trusted. Trump has been a businessman all his life. People like his non PC comments.

1. Republicans solved the Muslim problem.No economic dealings with terrorist nations.
2. Republicans have stopped all outsourcing.& they never buy Communist China products.
Would bet they only own "Made in america" stuff.
3. Donald Trump running for highest political office. Glad he is not a politician.

"As for his thing about women. Who cares. What he can do to solve the country's problems is all that matters."

Hey bitches you don't matter!
We will see what women think about the idiot in Nov.

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