Donald Trump's approval rating collapses with rural Americans
Donald Trump's approval rating collapses with rural Americans
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/62905572
Rural voters have long been a cornerstone of Trump's base
I've never understood that. Why would honest, hard-working Americans root for a convicted criminal billionaire? It seems like the very definition of self-harm to me.
Why would honest, hard-working Americans root for a convicted criminal
Stupid. The answer is stupid.
And rapist.
And coastal elite blue state born rich snob.
Things they're supposed to hate. But hey, he said he hated the same people they do and constantly spews vile rhetoric that they like, and that's all they needed to throw their support behind him.
These people are amoral. It's that simple.
Its 'eye-gor'
I think it has to do with them being "villified" as backwards hicks in the media, and no doubt by many a city dweller. It gets people defensive, and there may also be a traditional aspect that hasn't been revised. Just my thoughts on it though
The irony is that they tried to prove how smart and un-hickish they are by blindly following someone who panders and talks down to them, and is also completely dishonest.
Also a lot of rural Americans see city dwellers as the enemy, I grew up with a dad that thought that way.
But... Trump is the archetypical New York slick that rural America surely despises. So what gives?
Cognitive dissonance
Deregulation, making it easier for them to drive their barely running cars and trucks that drink oil faster than gas. Cutting social programs so that their taxes do not go to anything woke, only to subsidizing corporations and billionaires profits. Small government and tons of tariffs to make them commie
<insert racist teen here>
pay for ruining American industry!making it easier for them to drive their barely running cars and trucks that drink oil faster than gas
You underestimate how easy that is to do in a city.
That's true, I wonder where that came from.
Yeah, the "hold my beer" theory of voter reaction. I get it. What I don't understand is, even if I desperately wanted to do the inverse of what annoying dems wanted me to do, I wouldn't be ready to objectively hurt myself and my family just to piss them off.
I'm right there with ya. I can't wrap my head around it either
You are really going to like this:
https://www.cracked.com/blog/6-reasons-trumps-rise-that-no-one-talks-about
Or, the original title: How Half Of America Lost Its F**king Mind
Written in 2016, still perfectly on point.
I do remember reading that. I have mixed feelings. I can excuse the first time the second time though... that's harder.
Because they were raised to vote Republican no matter what.
Fox News
Hey, that asshole who's never worked a day in his life because he had a rich daddy and cheats on his taxes seems like a really trustworthy guy. What I like the most about him is the fact that he would never want to have a beer with me, and if he somehow did, it would be the most painful experience in my life. He really gets me!
