By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-20 01:12:02 | Updated at 2024-11-20 03:30:49
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Why so many people voted for Trump − 5 things to understand about MAGA supporters’ thinking
The Conversation ^ | 11/6/24 | Alex Hilton
Posted on 11/19/2024 5:03:10 PM PST by DallasBiff
For many people, especially those leaning left, Donald Trump’s disqualifications to be president seem obvious. Why did so many people vote for Trump again, they wonder, and how did he win not just the Electoral College vote this time but the popular vote as well?
Trump’s critics cite his two impeachments, multiple criminal indictments at the state and federal levels and a felony conviction as evidence that he is unfit to be president again. Opponents also say that Trump is a threat to democracy, a misogynist, racist, a serial liar and a rapist.
About 78% of Democrats and Democrat-leaning independent voters say that Trump broke the law when he allegedly tried to overturn the 2020 election results. But less than half of Republicans think he did anything wrong
About 78% of Democrats and Democrat-leaning independent voters say that Trump broke the law when he allegedly tried to overturn the 2020 election results. But less than half of Republicans think he did anything wrong.
I am an anthropologist of peace and conflict, and I have been studying what I call the Trumpiverse since 2015, when Trump descended a golden escalator and announced his candidacy for president. I later wrote a related book in 2021, called “It Can Happen Here.”
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: alexhilton; demagogicparty; demagogue; election; electoralcollege; mediawingofthednc; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; theconversation; trump
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LOL! an anthropologist describes the 2024 election.
1 posted on 11/19/2024 5:03:11 PM PST by DallasBiff
To: DallasBiff
"...I later wrote a related book in 2021, called “It Can Happen Here"..."
No kidding. Let me guess: Trump is Hitler? Again?
2 posted on 11/19/2024 5:07:12 PM PST by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
To: DallasBiff
For Trump stalwarts, MAGA is not simply a slogan. It is a movement to save an America that is on the brink of failure.
Well, he did get that part right...................
3 posted on 11/19/2024 5:07:57 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are not longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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