Do 42% still support Trump and will they vote
Trump is no Nixon, but like Nixon, he could still win a second term, extending the latest national nightmare.
— Teri Kanefield (@Teri_Kanefield) May 18, 2019
2/ If a clear majority of the population and the leaders of both parties were appalled by Trump, removing him and stopping the lawbreaking would be easy.
I think it helps to understand why Trump has 42% approval rating despite everything that we know about him.
See: The Authentic Appeal of the Lying Demagogue:
asanet.org/sites/default/…
They think these “new” groups (immigrants, minorities, etc.) are displacing them—the “real” Americans.
Exactly what Laura Ingraham explained here:
5/ Reason #2: Some Trump supporters cheer his lawbreaking because they don’t believe the laws he is breaking should exist.
They want to go back to the 1920s, before the New Deal, Civil Rights legislation, and regulatory agencies.
They want to be able to do what they want, and those pesky laws get in the way.
Trump’s family history illustrates this kind of thinking. See👇
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The people who hold to reasons #1 and #2 look “with longing eyes” to Russia as the savior of America; in particular, the savior of the white race. See👇
So they don't view Trump as a criminal for taking help (and $) from Russia.
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You can get richer even faster if you take Russian money.
Russia has been pumping money into the NRA for decades. And of course, into the Trump Org👇
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I suggest they WANT the alliance.
These aren't mutually exclusive. There can be kompromat AND a desire for an alliance. But I suggest the Russians don't need to blackmail their allies.
Here’s the thing: The percentage of people holding those views should be about 33%.
A small impassioned minority on the fringes exerted political leverage beyond their numbers.
They feel “America has been largely taken away from them and their kind,” and they are “determined to repossess” America and prevent what they see as the “final act of subversion.”
That 1/3 corresponds to the number given by researchers who say that about 1/3 of the population is inclined toward authoritarianism.
See for example, @karen_stenner : karenstenner.com
The problem is that his support hovers at about 42%
I get my numbers from the 538 aggregate, which prevents the temptation to cherrypick outlying polls.
I’ve been watching these numbers closely since 2016 because of the inherent power of strong majorities.
But his approval has remained consistently at 42%, regardless of what is in the news.
Reason #5: Trump has a strange effect on people.
Comey talked about how he corrupts people here:
Read this passage⤵️
Others have talked about how Trump does this, how he pulls people in, manipulates them, and gets them on his “side.”
There is an incredible passage in @MaxBoot book beginning on page 165.
Boot looks back on a lifetime of conservative / Republican activism, and asks where things went wrong. How did Trump happen?
As a result of all this, lawbreaking is no longer disqualifying in the GOP.
In fact, it's become a badge of honor.
Lawbreakers are widely seen as heroes.
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Trump manipulates everyone (with very few exceptions) by creating chaos, crisis, and spectacle, and pulling everyone into a never ending game of whack-a-lie.
He keeps his critics outraged.
Hence, the Outrage Dilemma.
Sowing panic doesn’t help, and in fact, helps the anti-democratic forces.
We need to bring down the panic, avoid increasing the polarization, and get busy.
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I think we're all on a very high learning curve.
I don't think the solution is to engage in fights. That's what Trump wants. I think the solution is to educate people about what is happening, and why Trump wants us all fighting.
— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) May 31, 2020
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— Thom Hartmann (@Thom_Hartmann) May 31, 2020
— David Cay Johnston (@DavidCayJ) May 31, 2020
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