I've been trying to come to grips with the reasons many people voted for him in the first place and will probably vote for him again in 2020.
I’m not really 100% sure about those reasons but over the past two years I’ve heard the following: (Three points to remember: (1) take it for what it’s worth, (2) obviously not everything listed applies to every Trump voter, (3) perception, and not reality, is what matters)
1. Many are tired of hearing how racist the country is when it may not really be that racist. (www.washingtonpost.com/...)
2. Many don’t want people with strange customs and strange ideas entering the country and changing it from what they’re used to. This goes double for Muslims who they look upon as an enemy.
3. Many are adamantly opposed to abortion on demand and won’t vote for a pro-choice candidate.
4. Many look at the LGBT movement and see a constant stream of what to them is weirdness. First it was gays, then transexuals and now something called “gender fluid.” Most of them don’t even know what “gender fluid” means.
5. Many think 4th wave feminists are nuts.
6. Many have had it with Affirmative Action.
7. Many are concerned with what they view as high crime rates among Blacks and Latinos that they believe endangers them and their families. (ucr.fbi.gov/...)
8. Many have had it with what they view as high welfare rates among Blacks and Latinos that they believe they’re paying for while having a hard time making ends meet themselves.(www.census.gov/...)
9. Many are disgusted with what they view as the identity politics adopted by the Democratic Party.
10. Many are fed up with what they view as Political Correctness run amok.
Of course Right Wing radio, fundamentalist preachers, FOX News and the GOP focus on terrifying these people by exaggerating the possible effects of these things to the nth degree well aware that Conservatives are highly susceptible to fear and anxiety. (www.psychologytoday.com/...)
Yes, Trump is a lying, incompetent, son of a bitch but he’s THEIR lying, incompetent, son of a bitch, because he agrees with them (or at least he pretends to agree with them) on the things they view as important.
